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Listen Up, Coppertop - Wearable Device Turns You Into A Battery
One of the least probable assertions of the 1999 move The Matrix is that the bioelectric power of humans can be harvested for the benefit of machines.
Well, maybe your phone.
The device, described today in the journal Science Advances, is stretchy enough that you can wear it like a ring, a bracelet or any other accessory that touches your skin. It also taps into a person's natural heat—employing thermoelectric generators to convert the body's internal temperature into electricity."In the future, we want to be able to power your wearable electronics without having to include a battery," said Jianliang Xiao, senior author of the new paper and an associate professor in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU Boulder.
Via Techxplore.
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