Meet the Human Battery
posted by Chibu Umerah | November 25, 2015 | In NewsImagine jogging at night and being able to light your way without carrying batteries. Now, imagine listening to your iPod as you pound the ground along your trail, without having to charge it before leaving home. Imagine charging your phone as you run. It’s not science fiction nor is it a distant reality.
On a day closer than you think, you will be able charge your cell phone, tablets, or your heart pacemaker just by being active. You will become the charger or the battery!
By using the heat generated by your body, you will be the energy source. Novel materials will convert the heat from these sources to electricity that will power a limitless number of electronic devices.
This body-heat cellphone technology was created by Fayetteville State University’s Dr. Daryush Ila, associate vice chancellor of research and technology transfer officer. His work has resulted in four patent disclosures. Two of these patents are, already, awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and more patents pending by USPTO.
The device can convert heat from our sun, geothermal energy, and human and animal body heat will be harvested to vastly increase our available energy resources. It’s basically a silica (glass) with metal nanocrystals that when close enough can conduct electricity when heat at even room temperature is detected. It’s kind of like the Matrix. As said by Morpheus, one of the characters from the 1999 science fiction film about living in a virtual reality: “The Matrix is a computer-generated dream world built to keep us under control in order to change a human being into this [holds up a Duracell battery].”
This device not only can be applicable to cell phones but to other applications as well like space power and for automobiles that burn too much fuel. This ground-breaking technology will not only help in keeping our precious cell phones charged where ever, whenever needed, it will also save energy, reduce costs, better our environment, and the world as we know it.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.