A portable device similar to a matrix turns the body into a BATTERY by touching the user’s internal heat which is transformed into electricity
- A new portable device turns your body into a biological battery
- The elastic device sits on the skin and transforms body heat into electricity
- It generates a turn of energy from every square centimeter of skin space
- The team hopes to increase it to a sports band size to generate five volts
- In this way, users will be able to access the electronics that can be carried whenever necessary, without the need for cables.
A new portable device seems to be inspired by the movie “The Matrix” transforming the human body into a biological battery.
The elastic device adheres to the skin as if a ring were sitting on a finger and harnessing the user’s natural heat to convert the body’s internal temperature into electricity.
Although the film shows robots harvesting organic energy from humans, research from the University of Colorado (CU) only generates about one volt of energy from every square inch of skin space.
Finally, the team sees how technology is evolving to the size of a sports wristband that can produce about five volts of electricity, allowing you to power other portable electronic devices on the move.
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A new portable device transforms the human body into a biological battery. The elastic device adheres to the skin as if a ring were sitting on a finger and took advantage of the user’s natural heat to convert the body’s internal temperature into electricity.
Jianliang Xiao, lead author of the new article and associate professor in Paul M. Rady’s Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU Boulder, said, “Whenever you use a battery, you’re running out of battery and eventually you’ll need to replace it. “.
“The good thing about our thermoelectric device is that you can carry it and it gives you constant power.”
Xiao points out that this innovation is not an attempt to combine the human being with the robot, but is a progression in the previous work of designing “electronic skin” garments that look and act like human skin.
However, during the experiments, the computer had to keep the android skin connected to an external power supply.
Although “The Matrix” portrays robots that collect organic energy from humans, research from the University of Colorado (CU) only generates about one volt of energy from every square inch of skin space.
The new portable device has an elastic material made of polyimine at the base, which is equipped with a thermoelectric series that connects with liquid metal wires.
“The final product looks like a cross between a plastic bracelet and a miniature computer motherboard or perhaps a diamond ring with technology,” the researchers said in a statement.
“Our design makes the whole system stretchable without introducing much voltage into the thermoelectric material, which can be very fragile,” Xiao said.
Xiao provides an example of a trotting person to explain how the device works.
The new portable device has an elastic material made of polyimine at the base, which is equipped with a number of thermoelectrics that are connected with liquid metal cables
The person goes jogging, which in turn warms the body, which is released into the cold air around it.
Xiao’s device captures this energy flow instead of wasting it.
“Thermoelectric generators are in close contact with the human body and can use the heat that would normally dissipate in the environment,” he said.
He added that you can easily increase this power by adding more generator blocks. In this sense, he compares his design with a popular children’s toy.
Xiao provides an example of a trotting person to explain how the device works. The person goes jogging, which in turn warms the body, which is released into the cold air around it. Xiao’s device captures this energy flow instead of wasting it
“What I can do is combine these smaller units to get a larger unit,” he said. ‘It’s like assembling a bunch of little Lego pieces to make a great structure. It gives you many options to customize them.
Finally, the team hopes to design the small device into a larger system the size of a traditional sports band, which could generate up to five volts, more than a watch battery produces.
“We try to make our devices as cheap and reliable as possible, even though we also have an impact as close to zero as possible,” Xiao said.
While there are still issues to design, he thinks his group’s devices could hit the market in five to ten years. Don’t tell the robots. We don’t want them to have any idea.