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Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 2:04 AM
Subject: [AI] Get ready for a power shirt
Get ready for a power shirt
PTI
MELBOURNE: Power walking may never be the same again.
Five years from now, you could be able to charge your
cell phone battery with power generated by the
shirt you would be wearing.
Yes, researchers in Australia are developing power
shirts that will generate electricity whenever the
wearer moves - an effort given a boost by the Defence
Department, 'The Sydney Morning Herald' reported on
Saturday.
"People would never again have to worry about their
phones or MP3 player failing because of a flat
battery. The secret behind the idea involves piezo
electrical
materials."
"Whenever you bend or deform piezo electrical material
it creates an electrical charge. If a shirt could be
woven from the fabric, the constant vibration
would produce electricity as you move," lead
researcher Dr Adam Best said.
According to Dr Best, the first power shirts - or
flexible integrated energy devices - could be
developed within five years.
The power would be fed into flexible batteries that
would also be woven into the shirt. Appliances,
including mobile phones and palm pilots could then be
plugged into the shirt.
"We see no reason why you couldn't do that. The day
may not be far off when people could make phone calls
simply by talking into their collars," Dr Best
was quoted as saying.
He predicted that soldiers could use the shirts to
power radios and electronic devices carried on modern
battlefields. "Such smart clothing could also power
back-to-base medical monitoring equipment used by the
elderly and the ill."
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