LinkNotes: Wearable power

Batteries that Are Woven Into Clothing

Wearable power: Researchers have developed technology that combines multiple materials into intricately structured fibers, such as those shown here (right). The researchers hope to make fibers that can store energy or convert sunlight into power, for use in soldiers’ uniforms.

Credit: (left) U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center, (right) Hills, Inc.