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General => Akihabara => Topic started by: Foxy Brown on February 16, 2007, 08:24:09 AM

Title: Motion-sensitive spacesuits could generate power
Post by: Foxy Brown on February 16, 2007, 08:24:09 AM

Astronauts' spacesuits may one day be covered in motion-sensitive proteins that could generate power from the astronauts' movement, according to futuristic research being conducted by a new lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. Such "power skins" could also be used to coat future human bases on Mars, where they could produce energy from the Martian wind. (http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11158-motionsensitive-spacesuits-could-generate-power.html)

Title: Motion-sensitive spacesuits could generate power
Post by: pikapikapika on February 16, 2007, 10:07:04 AM

Coool!

Hopefully no Astronauts will misuse it to try and kidnap and murder other Astronauts.

Title: Motion-sensitive spacesuits could generate power
Post by: frblckstr1 on February 16, 2007, 12:28:01 PM

And I thought is was already exhausting enough to do a spacewalk, now they have to generate there own energy also??

Although it sounds more like they have to only 'bounce around', so its not on there joints :)

Title: Motion-sensitive spacesuits could generate power
Post by: vyanguy on February 16, 2007, 12:41:10 PM

sounds interesting. could be of good use to people even on earth as an alternative to using non-reusable resources for energy