In a bid to ensure a stable and reliable power supply to
your smartphone , a team of researchers has now come up with the idea of a glass –fabric-based thermoelectric generator.
The TE generator will be extremely light and flexible solution to powering of
heart monitors, smart glasses and other wearable techs, producing electricity
from the heat emitted by human body.
“mobile phones consume much high electrical energy compared
to electrical sensors. Right now we are trying to make a sample that provides
electricity for medical sensors. after that smartphones will be the next
application of TE generator”- Byung Jin
Cho, a professor of electrical engineering at Korea Institute Of Science And
Technology stated…the researchers have developed 2 types of TE generators. The
organic based TE generators make use of polymers that are compatible with human
skin. Inorganic based TE generators, however produce high electrical energy.
The downside is they are heavy, rigid and bulky. Cho’s tech combines both
organic and inorganic tech.
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