A matrix-like heating device converts the body into a BATTERY by tapping into a consumer’s internal heat that is converted to electricity
- A new wearable machine turns your body into a biological battery
- The stretcher device sits on the skin and converts body heat into electricity
- It generates one bolt of energy from every square centimeter of skin area
- The team hopes to increase the size of a sports band to generate five volts
- This allows consumers to use electronic power on arrival – no cords required
A new wearable device seems to draw inspiration from the movie ‘The Matrix’ by transforming the human body into a biological battery.
The stretch device attaches to the skin like a ring sitting on a finger and taps into the user’s natural heat to convert the body’s internal temperature into electricity.
While the film shows robots extracting organic energy from humans, research at the University of Colorado (CU) generates only about one bolt of energy from every square centimeter of skin area.
Eventually, the team sees the technology grow to the size of a sports wristband that delivers around five volts of electricity, allowing you to power other consumable electricity.
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A new wearable device transforms the human body into a biological battery. The stretch device attaches to the skin like a ring sits on a finger and taps into the user’s natural heat to convert the body’s internal temperature into electricity.
Jianliang Xiao, senior author of the new paper and associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering Paul M. Rady at CU Boulder, said: ‘When you use a battery, you reduce that battery and, at its eventually, you will need to replace it. e. ‘
‘The nice thing about our thermoelectric device is that you can wear it, and it gives you lasting power.’
Xiao notes that this invention is not an attempt to simulate human with a robot, but is an improvement on previous work to design ‘electronic skin’ wearables. looks and acts like human skin.
However, during tests, the team had to keep the android skin connected to an external power source.
While ‘The Matrix’ features robots extracting organic energy from humans, research at the University of Colorado (CU) only generates about one bolt of energy per square centimeter of skin area
The new wearable device has a stretch material made of polyimine at the base, which is equipped with several thin thermoelectric bearings connected to molten metal wires.
‘The end result looks like a cross between a plastic bracelet and a small computer motherboard or perhaps a techy diamond ring,’ the researchers said in a statement.
‘Our design makes the whole system accessible without adding much weight to the thermoelectric material, which can be very fragile,’ Xiao said.
Xiao gives an example of a person moving to explain how the machine works.
The new wearable machine has a stretch material made of polyimine at the bottom, which is equipped with several thin thermoelectric bearings connected to molten metal wires
The man is out for movement, which heats up their body, which is released into the cold air around them.
Xiao’s machine captures that flow of energy rather than releasing it to waste.
‘The thermoelectric generators are in close contact with the human body, and can use the heat that would normally be distributed into the environment,’ he said.
He said you can easily boost that power by installing more blocks of generators. In that sense, he compares his design to a popular children’s toy.
Xiao gives an example of a person moving to explain how the machine works. The man is out for movement, which heats up their body, which is released into the cold air around them. Xiao’s machine captures that flow of energy rather than releasing it to waste
‘All I can do is combine these small units to get a bigger unit,’ he said. ‘It’s like putting together a handful of small Lego pieces to make a big structure. It gives you many options for customization. ‘
Even the team hopes to design the small device into a larger system about the size of a traditional sports band, which could generate up to five volts – more than a watch battery does.
‘We try to make our devices as cheap and reliable as possible, while at the same time having almost zero impact on the environment,’ Xiao said.
While there are still kinks to work out in the design, he believes his group’s tools could appear on the market in five to 10 years. Just don’t tell the robots. We don’t want them to get comments.