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Who here has an iPod, iPhone or iPad? I do! But if you do, you probably are bored out of your mind when you have to let it charge! I know I am, but scientists from South Korea and Australia have created a jacket that can charge your iPod, iPhone or iPad "On the Run," Literally!
But sadly, you can't just be hanging out with your friends, sitting and eating ice cream or dining at a restaurant and not doing anything really. You have to be running or walking for the jacket to work. When you walk, you use a force to put one foot in front of the other, this can be transferred into electricity that powers your phone!
It uses triboelectric energy, or kinetic energy, like when you rub a balloon on your head, to charge the device. It uses friction to charge your phone! The friction that you create when your feet slide against the ground is transferred through the jacket that makes it into electricity. You then could plug your phone into the outlet in your pocket and it charges your device!
All the while, the only thing other people see is you running, no wires or panels. And the jacket isn't that bad either! I would definitely use this, but I have an iPad, not an iPhone, and I don't think you would want to be seen running around carrying an iPad with a cord sticking out of your pocket!
Who here has an iPod, iPhone or iPad? I do! But if you do, you probably are bored out of your mind when you have to let it charge! I know I am, but scientists from South Korea and Australia have created a jacket that can charge your iPod, iPhone or iPad "On the Run," Literally!
But sadly, you can't just be hanging out with your friends, sitting and eating ice cream or dining at a restaurant and not doing anything really. You have to be running or walking for the jacket to work. When you walk, you use a force to put one foot in front of the other, this can be transferred into electricity that powers your phone!
It uses triboelectric energy, or kinetic energy, like when you rub a balloon on your head, to charge the device. It uses friction to charge your phone! The friction that you create when your feet slide against the ground is transferred through the jacket that makes it into electricity. You then could plug your phone into the outlet in your pocket and it charges your device!
All the while, the only thing other people see is you running, no wires or panels. And the jacket isn't that bad either! I would definitely use this, but I have an iPad, not an iPhone, and I don't think you would want to be seen running around carrying an iPad with a cord sticking out of your pocket!