In some science news, according to a new study, there is a fabric that can be produced on any standard industrial weaving machine that will be designed to power wearable devices by harvesting energy from both sunlight and body movements.
Scientists in China and the United States have demonstrated how a glove-size piece of the “smart textile” could continuously power an electronic watch or charge a mobile phone using ambient sunlight and gentle body movements.
The fabric is based on low-cost, lightweight polymer fibers coated with metals and semiconductors that allow the material to harvest energy from these sources. These fibers are then woven together along with wool on high-throughput commercial weaving equipment to create a textile just 0.01 inches (0.32 millimeters) thick.
Talk about innovation at its best, when will this get to Guyana? Don’t count on anytime too soon. The material is still in its prototype stage and so will need to undergo quite a few more tests before it can be patented. For now, keep your batteries and chargers.
