Thermal Energy is the answer to my project….
SO after sitting with Mark and being able to shoot questions and talk through my project with him I began brainstorming what I wanted from my project.
I already had thought of the following ideas:
-how can a by-product (heat loss) be stored and how can we use it?
-solar charging jacket materials that could charge devices on the body
I was really interested in how we could use heat loss in physical activity for a source of something in some way.
Which led me to fall into the concept of energy harvesting.
Here are my initial notes on energy harvesting and what purpose that could be for and used for in sports specifically.
Energy harvested through activity used to…
-power lights high vis on jacket
-power electronics on us (phone, headphones) =- works through the air like Samsung newly created tv remote that harnesses wifi
-what if you could log areas of weakness/pain in your body, then whilst your running your heat-loss would be harnessed and applied to the areas/muscle group which is injured/hurting providing a heat pack?
This is when I thought of the idea of using heat loss to target specific sports-related injury/discomfort/ warming/cooling muscles in athletes.
