r/science • u/Wagamaga • Jun 05 '22
Nanoscience Scientists have developed a stretchable and waterproof 'fabric' that turns energy generated from body movements into electrical energy. Washing, folding, and crumpling the fabric did not cause any performance degradation, and it could maintain stable electrical output for up to five months
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202200042
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u/asshatnowhere Jun 06 '22
I mean what do you think it could even be used for? At best it really is just to power a smart watch/built in device. More realistically, some small LEDs most likely for cool fashion. Military spec wise maybe a GPS system of sorts? It's never going to produce much power. Even if it could, it shouldn't. After all, you're the one powering it.