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Electronics360: "Watch the body become a battery with wearable tech"

02/18/2021 6:00 AM

Read Electronics360 article: Watch the body become a battery with wearable tech.

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Re: Watch the body become a battery with wearable tech

03/24/2021 1:08 PM

I'd bet the product will come with this label, "Warning. This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer …"

I see some hurdles to this concept. Thermoelectric generation is not very efficient, so it is unlikely one can run a 65 W. laptop with a depleted battery on a "zap suit." TE generation is dependent on temperature differences, so output would be near zero when the ambient temperature approaches that of the wearer. That probably doesn't matter, I doubt anybody would want to wear such a thing when the environment is that warm; it would be a barrier to sweat and would cause the wearer to overheat.

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