Fiber power: Need a buzz? Be your own power grid.

• Author: Williams, Robert H.
• Position: TECH TALK: A TIP-SHEET ON THE LATEST GADGETS

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* Troops in combat constantly clamor for lightweight electrical power solutions. A partial answer may be in the offing from scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

They are working on fiber-based nanotechnology clothing that would power radios and other portable devices simply by the natural movement of a soldier.

"If we can combine many of these fibers in double or triple layers of clothing, we could provide a flexible, foldable and wearable power source that ... would allow people to generate their own...