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Just skimmed the article. Do you think this tech can be used to power phones too somehow in near future? I always imagined that in future, devices wouldn't need
by asadm 10y ago
Just skimmed the article. Do you think this tech can be used to power phones too somehow in near future? I always imagined that in future, devices wouldn't need charging.
- Seebeck 10y agoRight now, even a low-end smartphone has power requirements that are about an order-of-magnitude too high for that to work, so we would probably need both better thermoelectrics (we're working on that!) and more power-efficient smartphones to close that gap. The other issue is that since, unlike a watch, you don't "wear" your phone on your skin, we would need a clever approach to collecting body heat, perhaps in concert with some kind of tether.
- jonahrd 10y agoDon't pockets get pretty warm?
- sbierwagen 10y agoIt depends on a temperature gradient. One side has to be warm, the other side has to be cold. If you put it in a pocket it stops generating power.
- rasz_pl 10y agotry 4 orders of magnitude
- bassislife 10y agoIf you are Seebeck, where are Peltier and Thomson? ;)