Clothes that soak up sun could power phones


A professor has been researching technology that could lead to clothing that will capture and generate solar power. — TNS

A University of Central Florida professor says his research could lead to the day when you can charge your phone by slipping it into your shirt pocket.

Jayan Thomas, an associate professor in the school’s NanoScience Technology Centre, has been developing small solar-energy-storage filaments flexible enough to weave through clothing.

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