Recharging your mobile phone, iPod or gadget could soon become as simple as plugging it into your jacket, t-shirt, jeans or shorts... The project to create "energy-scavenging nanofibres" has reached a new level, and such technology looks like becoming a reality.
Hot on the heels of the sustainable energy of the Corky mouse, and the self charging devices that we've talking about recently is the news that the research regarding micro-fibres that contain energy scavening nodes - which allow energy to be transferred is soon to become a reality... read on...
An team of researchers and scientists - originally headed by California University, has created what they call "energy-scavenging nanofibres". A material that could be woven into clothing such as t-shirts and jackets. The idea behind this is that these nanofibres will be able to convert energy from "mechanical stresses" into electricity, and could one day be used to create clothing that can power electronic devices such as mobile phones and other smaller devices.
The nano-sized generators will have “piezoelectric” properties - this basically means that they can create energey by movement (a la Corky mouse).
Mr Liwei Lin - team leader in this project said "This technology could eventually lead to wearable smart clothes that can power hand-held electronics through ordinary body movements". And of course, it does make sense in terms of physics. The more rapid the movement, the more energy that can be created, so running, dancing and other forms of exercise may be able to fully charge a device.
The work is still in research mode, but I'd expect a prototype to be released sometime this year, so stay tuned...
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