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'Wearable microgrid' uses the human body to sustainably power small gadgets


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VIDEO: This shirt harvests and stores energy from the human body to power small electronics. UC San Diego nanoengineers call it a wearable microgrid it combines energy from the wearer s sweat and.
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Credit: UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering
Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a wearable microgrid that harvests and stores energy from the human body to power small electronics. It consists of three main parts: sweat-powered biofuel cells, motion-powered devices called triboelectric generators, and energy-storing supercapacitors. All parts are flexible, washable and can be screen printed onto clothing.
The technology, reported in a paper published Mar. 9 in ....

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