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Australian Army Invests in Electrical Shirts
Stony Stevenson writes "The Australian Defence Department has injected $4.4 million worth of funding to further Australia's national science agency's (the CSIRO) research into designing clothing which can be used as a self-recharging electrical source on the battlefield. The Defence Department is hoping the technology can be used to replace cumbersome disposable batteries that soldiers must carry on the battlefield. The Flexible Integrated Energy Device (FIED) will be used to store and provide energy over a continuous period of time. It can be charged by either vibration energy harvesting or through plugging into an electrical power point."
As long as it can keep beer cold.
Thats great, now they just need to give out a load of free pin ups pics so they can all get to work cranking up a good charge to power their gear.
Are they going to look like Dynamo from the movie ''Running man''?
If not, I'm not interested.
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...hoping the technology can be used to replace cumbersome disposable batteries that soldiers must carry on the battlefield. The Flexible Integrated Energy Device (FIED) will be used to store and provide energy over a continuous period of time. It can be charged by either vibration energy harvesting or through plugging into an electrical power point." Just curiousSBAM Man! Fighting injustice by clogging up enemy inboxes!
I somehow doubt they'd be using lead acid batteries.. heavy and nasty.. lithium polymer would be better.
which is totally what she said
Come on... Flexible Rechargeable Integrated Energy Device is much better. I'd wear a fried shirt - wouldn't you?
now the question will be "did my shirt get mixed in with the non-electrical laundry?"
and "will this thing shock me everytime it rains?"