Power Generating Spacesuits

Maggie McKee writes "Piezoelectric sensors could help power future space missions. Astronauts' spacesuits may one day be covered in motion-sensitive proteins that could generate power from the astronauts' movement, according to futuristic research being conducted by a new lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. Such 'power skins' could also be used to coat future human bases on Mars, where they could produce energy from the Martian wind. Eventually, the biologically derived suits might even be able to heal themselves."

Comments

I want a version for static electricity

[2Bits]

I have dry skin, and static electricity has always been a nasty problem, especially during winter time. I'd be happy if someone can come up with a suit which can use that source of energy to charge my batteries.

Re:Power generating?

[Simon Garlick]

Since there's no hyphen between "power" and "generating", I can only conclude that some sort of POWER is spontaneously creating SPACESUITS.

Either that, or the Slashdot editors are just illiterate.