Thursday, November 1, 2007
A few short years from now, the predicament of a dying cell phone could be solved with the help of your shirt. That’s right, your clothing could have the capacity to charge electronics.
Researchers at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Australia are in the middle of designing a shirt that generates an electrical charge through human movement. These high-tech get-ups will be able to refuel your MP3 players, Blackberries, and any other portable device.
How does this work? The shirts are made of a material called piezoelectric, which has the capacity to create an electric field through mechanical force. Energy from simple human movement is stored and essentially acts as a battery for your electronics.
CSIRO, which received a $4.4 million grant to work on this project, anticipates the shirts could be available in five years.
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