Okay so we know your iPads and iPhones are super addictive and portable chargers are becoming more and more popular. But as we use more and more of our devices, our portable chargers will hardly be enough for devices! Does that mean we have to carry around a portable charger for our portable charger? Or will we start carrying around a huge car battery to charge our phones?
(A car battery is actually one of the best portable batteries we have in the world now)
Of course you wouldn’t want to carry that while walking around. A simple solution would be to develop a way to charge your devices while walking around! From the National University Of Singapore (NUS), the scientists have developed a skin patch that sticks onto your skin and uses your muscle movement to generate electricity so as to charge your devices! This is actually based on a very simple Science Concept that you have learnt! Kinetic Energy from your movement can be converted into electrical energy needed to charge your phone!
(This is the skin patch developed. Let us take a moment to be proud that it was developed here in Singapore!)
So can this skin patch charge your iPad? As of now, no. But this skin patch will be able to charge most smaller devices such as the Apple Watch or electronic wristbands. Who knows? Maybe when this amazing technology is further developed, it will be able to charge your phones and maybe even laptops!
However, there is already something similar developed in the Philippines one year ago! The shoe developed by a 15 year old boy also uses our movement to generate electricity! His invention can allow us to walk and generate enough electricity to actually recharge our smartphones. Watch the video to find out more:
If you can develop something similar, what will you create? What body movement will you choose to generate electricity? Any other creative ways to develop a product which converts some form of energy into electrical energy?
Sources:
http://www.iflscience.com/technology/skin-patch-powers-electronics-using-muscle-movements
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