Experiments show that there is a real possibility that zero-point energy can be harvested to produce electrical power. Zero-point energy is the result of quantum fluctuations in materials and in the vacuum itself.
This video describes how the energy is harvested, the practical and scientific implications of this, and what the reaction of the scientific community has been so far.
The work is published is the journal Symmetry:
"Optical-cavity-induced current." Garret Moddel, Ayendra Weerakkody, David Doroski, and Dylan Bartusiak. Symmetry 13, no. 3 (2021): 517.
Available for download: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/3/517/htm
and in the journal Physical Review Research:
"Casimir-cavity-induced conductance changes." Garret Moddel, Ayendra Weerakkody, David Doroski, and Dylan Bartusiak. Physical Review Research 3, no. 2 (2021): L022007.
Available for download:
https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.L022007
and most recently in the Journal of Scientific Exploration:
"Zero-Point Energy: Capturing Evanescence." Garret Moddel, Journal of Scientific Exploration 36(3) 493-503 (2022). doi.org/10.31275/20222567.
Available for download:
https://journalofscientificexploration.org/index.php/jse/article/view/2567/1687
University of Colorado at Boulder
https://www.colorado.edu/faculty/moddel/
