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Da Dego · 7th Nov 2007, 14:21

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/11...and_powered_/1

The Australian national science agency have displayed preliminary plans for a jacket capable of generating and storing power to run mobile devices from the body’s movement.

Redbeaver · 7th Nov 2007, 14:28

very interesting. but i couldve sworn ive seen the idea somewhere else...

Hells_Bliss · 7th Nov 2007, 14:37

Drill Sergeant: Alrighty you numb-nuts, PT time! my iPod needs a charge

chrisb2e9 · 7th Nov 2007, 15:25

sounds like a good idea to me. I really like the idea of being able to put some kind of heating element in there. Working in -40 degree weather last year for 8 hours at a time without anywhere to go to warm up was not fun.
Coul also have commerical applications as well, line a boat with the stuff, and as the boad rides the waves some kind of rollar moves over the material compressing it to generate power.
I understand that its not a lot of power, but with all things it will get better with time.

UncertainGod · 7th Nov 2007, 15:59

So it begins....

chrisb2e9 · 7th Nov 2007, 16:42

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Originally Posted by UncertainGod

So it begins....

Bah Ha Ha!!
I never even thought of that. as long as we control them and not the other way around.

benjamyn · 7th Nov 2007, 16:47

Warning: Not suitable in the rain

Jamie · 7th Nov 2007, 17:52

My portable devices would all be flat if I had one of these. I don't produce much kinetic energy sitting on my ass.

cyrilthefish · 7th Nov 2007, 18:07

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Originally Posted by chrisb2e9

sounds like a good idea to me. I really like the idea of being able to put some kind of heating element in there.

Oh wow! i want one

I'm the sort of person that has been described by others as: "could freeze to death in a volcano"
I've been known to wear two pairs of trousers and two jumpers to work in the coldest parts of the winter

righteous_slave · 7th Nov 2007, 18:35

Hopefully it will be a bit more fashionable when it hits the shelves.

Looks like a Kevlar vest right now.

DXR_13KE · 7th Nov 2007, 19:00

i think this is lame..... there are better ways.... some guys invented a way to make a painted insulator that creates electricity from a temperature difference.... and some guys that created solar panels in the form of paint that can get like 30% efficiency and works with infrared... just apply these to your clothes and you don't have to move at all.

zr_ox · 7th Nov 2007, 22:15

I wish companies would stop advertising things like this until it works, and the clothes dont look like something from the Thunderbirds.

The_Beast · 7th Nov 2007, 22:17

couldn't they make a jacket that works off you own body heat

Ramble · 7th Nov 2007, 22:29

That would be useful. I walk a lot and it'd be nice to charge up ma phone so I could keep bluetooth on all the time.

konsta · 8th Nov 2007, 01:14

In the same way as you would struggle to run an electric blanket off a mobile phone battery, so will you struggle to make a heated jacket from a mobile phone charger. Piezo-electric is a small effect from natural sources - it can't easily be made dramatically more effective.

chrisb2e9 · 8th Nov 2007, 01:37

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Originally Posted by konsta

In the same way as you would struggle to run an electric blanket off a mobile phone battery, so will you struggle to make a heated jacket from a mobile phone charger. Piezo-electric is a small effect from natural sources - it can't easily be made dramatically more effective.

of course it will take a while, look how long computers have existed, its taken a long time to get to where we are today. If people invest money in it, it will get better over time.
But my point was, that when it hits -40, having something like this that plugs into your socks, even if its just a little bit of heat, would make a world of difference. or maybe something that pluges into gloves to keep your fingers warm. I dont want something that would make you want to walk around in a t-shirt, just something to help.

legoman666 · 8th Nov 2007, 04:57

austrailia has an army?

heh, ill take 1.

DeXtmL · 8th Nov 2007, 05:23

The next step is to make it to transform more kinetic energy into electric form.
I hope it can charge my notebook in the future.

Ryu_ookami · 8th Nov 2007, 06:25

wait til it gets a slight tear and then it starts to rain hehehehehe

notatoad · 8th Nov 2007, 06:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamie

My portable devices would all be flat if I had one of these. I don't produce much kinetic energy sitting on my ass.

but if you're sitting on your ass, what do you need portable devices for?

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