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![Incredible new battery flexes, stretches and moves like snake scales](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95ac29_23d5c21105a641fca175e6345c1a6301~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/95ac29_23d5c21105a641fca175e6345c1a6301~mv2.webp)
Joseph Shavit
Sep 29, 2021
Incredible new battery flexes, stretches and moves like snake scales
Researchers have developed a flexible, stretchable battery that bends and stretches like a snake.
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 29, 2021
New wireless diaper sensors powered by biofuel cell could help prevent diabetes
Thanks to science and modern medicine, we know a lot more now about the early signs of certain diseases and which biomarkers to check.
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 17, 2021
Wearable energy: Woven nanotube fibers turn heat into power
Flexible thermoelectric generators could be useful way to make carbon ‘green’
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 15, 2021
Like Batman's cape! New protective chain mail fabric can stiffen on demand
Researchers have developed a new type of ‘chain mail’ fabric that is flexible like cloth but can stiffen on demand. Much like Batman's cape.
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 6, 2021
Engineers create first digital fiber with memory, temperature sensors, and trained neural network
MIT researchers have created the first fiber with digital capabilities, able to sense, store, analyze, and infer activity in clothes.
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 3, 2021
Smart Fabrics and How Can They Make Your Life Smarter?
Programmable smart fabrics look amazing and can also help improve your life.
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Joseph Shavit
Jul 14, 2021
The power to recharge your wearable devices while you sleep is at your fingertips
A new wearable device turns the touch of a finger into a source of power for small electronics and sensors.
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Joseph Shavit
Mar 14, 2021
Wearable, Washable Electronic Displays May Soon Appear on Clothing
Electronic display fabrics are now larger and more durable, opening the door to clothing that acts like a computer screen.
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Joseph Shavit
Mar 9, 2021
Revolutionary wearable device uses the human body to sustainably power small gadgets
Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a “wearable microgrid” that harvests and stores energy from the human
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 8, 2020
Stretchable micro-supercapacitors to self-power wearable devices
A stretchable system that can harvest energy from human breathing and motion for use in wearable health-monitoring devices may be possible..
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