10:14 PM
Sunday 24 April 2022
Books – Mohamed Badawi
Researchers at the British University of Loughborough and the University of Mortawa in Sri Lanka have developed a new technology that enabled them to convert traditional clothing fabrics into fabrics capable of generating energy from body movement.
The researchers relied on Triboelectric Nanogenerators technology, which is used for filament coating, dip coating and screen printing to apply electroactive solutions.
With the technology provided, the fabrics are able to generate 35 volts of electricity through the traditional daily small movement of the human body. .
Researcher Dr. Ishara Dharmasina, a researcher at the College of Manufacturing, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at the British University, explained that the new technology will change the concept of smart clothing and make daily dependence on wearables more practical.
With the new technology, when humans move normally during their daily routine, the nanoelectric generators begin to vibrate with the movement of the body, causing the generation of electrical charges through a process called electrostatic conduction.
The research team aims during the coming period to develop super-intelligent fabrics, so that they can be used for health purposes, and in particular to provide remote health care services, so that doctors and specialists can monitor the condition of their patients, through sensors that monitor their vital body variables, through their comfortable clothes, which they can Containing a large number of sensors and providing them with the necessary energy from the slightest movements of patients’ bodies.
