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Right 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 bette
by Seebeck 10y ago
Right 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? ;)