Projects involving STEM
Clothing the body electric: Cotton T-shirt fabric can store electricity, maybe keep your cell phone charged... Date: June 29, 2012 Source: University of South Carolina Summary: The fabric in a cotton T-shirt was converted into a material that can store electricity. A flexible source of electrical power made from this kind of material might one day be able to charge your cell phone, or any number of other mobile electronic devices. dlr TY STEM Entrepreneur Camp 2016 Xiaodong Li (foreground) demonstrates the flexibility of a swatch of activated carbon textile. Credit: Michael Brown, University of South Carolina Over the years, the telephone has gone mobile, from the house to the car to the pocket. The University of South Carolina's Xiaodong Li envisions even further integration of the cell phone -- and just about every electronic gadget, for that matter -- into our lives. He sees a future where electronics are part of our wardrobe. "We wear fabr...