You can Charge Devices Via Body Kinetic Energy
A novel wearable liquid-based wearable technology can harvest energy for self-powered devices. This will pave way for advancements in self-powering devices such as consumer electronics and defense innovations.
A liquid-metal-inclusion based triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) called LMI-TENG was developed by a research team from Purdue University. Triboelectric energy harvesting transducers are devices that help in conserving mechanical energy and turning it into power.
TENG technology, upon which the development is based, harvests electricity from the friction of two materials rubbing against each other to form a charge.
Wenzhuo Wu, an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering said, “Our technology will enable wearable electronics to take otherwise wasted energy and transform it into energy that can power and control electronic devices and tools used in military defense and consumer applications. Our technology allows the synergistic engineering of TENG components at the material, structural and output levels.”
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