Could your sweat one day charge your fitness tracker?

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Your fitness tracker could one day be powered by your own sweat, according to Australian researchers who have developed tiny, sweat-powered nanogenerators that can be stored in clothing. The team say their hydroelectric nanogenerators, which they tested on woollen cloth, generate enough energy from the evaporation of sweat to power small electronic devices. This technology could one day lead to wearable fitness trackers that don't require charging, the researchers say.

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Organisation/s: Deakin University, Monash University, The University of New South Wales

Funder: A.N. would like to express her gratitude and deepest thanks to Deakin University for giving her financial support through the Alfred Deakin Research Fund. The authors acknowledge the Flinders’ Microscopy and Microanalysis Facility (Adelaide) for the use of their XPS and the Deakin University Advanced Material Characterization Facilities for the use of their SEM.

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