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Australian Army Invests in Electrical Shirts

Posted by samzenpus on from the shocking-sleeves dept.

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."

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  1. heh. by apodyopsis · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  2. Styling by Edgyboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are they going to look like Dynamo from the movie ''Running man''?
    If not, I'm not interested.

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  3. Re:Now say after me by psxman · · Score: 5, Funny

    imagine if the battery somehow breaks starting to leak acid all over the guy's skin. ... He'd become a superhero?
  4. Surely FRIED... by casley · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on... Flexible Rechargeable Integrated Energy Device is much better. I'd wear a fried shirt - wouldn't you?