A new fabric harvests energy from both sunshine and motion at the same time.
Fabrics that can generate electricity from physical movement have been in the works for a few years, and this is the next step.
Combining two types of electricity generation into one textile paves the way for developing garments that could provide their own source of energy to power devices such as smartphones or GPS.
“This hybrid power textile presents a novel solution to charging devices in the field from something as simple as the wind blowing on a sunny day,” says Zhong Lin Wang, professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Materials Science and Engineering.
A bracelet made from fabric woven with special energy-harvesting strands that collect electricity from the sun and motion. Georgia Tech
