He studied uniforms to create electricity

British scientists are studying new batteries for soldiers using energy from the sun and body heat.

The research project brings together 15 scientists from six major UK universities: Glasgow, Loughborough, Strathclyde, Leeds, Reading and Brunel. The main goal is to study how to manage, store and use thermal energy.

The British Ministry of Defense and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) have donated £ 650,000 to the project.

Professor Duncan Gregory of the University of Glasgow: ' Foot soldiers need a lot of energy, from weapons, radio communications, global positioning systems and many other electrical equipment. Meanwhile, the amount of equipment the soldier must carry from 45-70 kg, and the current batteries account for 10% of that . '

The new battery system is designed as a military uniform to help soldiers exploit
maximum solar power.

He added that by enhancing efficiency and comfort, the new system would play an important role in the operation of the soldiers, especially mobility.

In addition to parallelism, converting body heat into electricity, the device can derive electricity from the difference in ambient temperature. In addition, unused power will be stored in storage or lithium batteries.

Another noteworthy point is that the ability to absorb energy does not reveal the location of the soldier in front of night vision equipment.

Not only in military applications, this technology can be used in many other areas such as power supply applications for satellites, providing a way to transport drugs / essentials at low temperatures in metropolitan areas. natural disasters, providing fresh food in difficult economic and climatic conditions.