{"id":140080,"date":"2022-06-02T03:02:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T08:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/new-fabric-converts-motion-into-electricity"},"modified":"2022-06-02T03:02:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T08:02:46","slug":"new-fabric-converts-motion-into-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/new-fabric-converts-motion-into-electricity","title":{"rendered":"New \u2018fabric\u2019 converts motion into electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8lv_qw54vBo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a stretchable and waterproof \u0080\u0098fabric \u0080\u0099 that turns energy generated from body movements into electrical energy.<\/p>\n<p>A crucial component in the fabric is a polymer that, when pressed or squeezed, converts mechanical stress into electrical energy. It is also made with stretchable spandex as a base layer and integrated with a rubber-like material to keep it strong, flexible, and waterproof.<\/p>\n<p>In a proof-of-concept experiment reported in the scientific journal Advanced Materials (\u201cStretchable, Breathable, and Stable Lead-Free Perovskite\/Polymer Nanofiber Composite for Hybrid Triboelectric and Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting\u201d), the NTU Singapore team showed that tapping on a 3cm by 4cm piece of the new fabric generated enough electrical energy to light up 100 LEDs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a stretchable and waterproof \u0080\u0098fabric \u0080\u0099 that turns energy generated from body movements into electrical energy. A crucial component in the fabric is a polymer that, when pressed or squeezed, converts mechanical stress into electrical energy. It is also made with stretchable spandex as a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,1635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}