Phone implants…is that the next step in communication?
The ‘power fabric’ that could charge your phone whenever you hold it (and will even give you a power boost when you sit on it)
Next time your phone runs out of battery, just grab it with your hand.
Researchers have developed a way to turn body heat into electricity meaning your mobile will never go dead again.
Power Felt can keep your phone going for up to 20 per cent longer just through the power of touch.
Mobile users can even sit on their phones to make the ‘connection’ – passing electricity through their own body to the device.
The technology has been created by Professor David Carroll of Wakeforest University’s Centre for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials in the US.
He said that it could be the first wave of inexpensive ways to produce electricity that were far more affordable than current renewables such as solar, which was being held back by the high cost.
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