The PowerWatch 2 runs entirely on its wearer’s body heat and solar energy - Yanko Design

A time to come where you lot never accept to charge your devices is closer than yous'd think. Matrix'due south PowerWatch 2 doesn't come with a charging dock like nigh traditional smartwatches… that's just because you, the wearer, are the charging dock! PowerWatch 2 relies on Matrix's state-of-the-art thermoelectricity harvesting engineering science that captures body estrus (a class of wasted energy) and uses that very oestrus to ability the scout. Since every human being's body produces different amounts of heat based on genetic makeup, physical activity, and location, the PowerWatch 2 packs a solar panel underneath its display too, allowing it to power itself entirely on energy that'south present around united states of america, just isn't tapped into. This literally means the PowerWatch doesn't need a bombardment or a charger, and tin run forever equally long equally information technology'due south on your wrist.

Debuted at CES this yr, the company aims to showcase the potential of using body heat (a form of free energy that'southward unremarkably lost) as a ways to ability consumer technology. However, while the technology is incredibly ground-breaking, it'southward equally nascent… I mean, in that location's only so much thermal energy a sentry that'south sitting on your wrist tin harvest, correct? The PowerWatch doesn't come choc-a-block with features, only rather models itself on a smartwatch/fettle-tracker hybrid. The lookout man comes with a color LCD display that displays a very Apple tree Watch-esque aggregation of data similar the time, date, the number of steps you've walked, calories yous've burnt, and even the amount of energy information technology's harvested from you. It too comes with 4 button controls, packs an onboard GPS as well every bit active heart rate monitoring and basic slumber tracking, and is compatible with Apple HealthKit and Google Fit platforms. Oh, and the PowerWatch two is also water-resistant to 200 meters.

The PowerWatch'ii nearly selling characteristic remains the fact that it never (literally never) needs charging, and that it runs as long equally you practise. Powered entirely on a combination of body rut and solar energy, the lookout man may not be as characteristic-laden as the Apple tree Watch, or the Samsung Gear (merely because they're so processor-intensive and require and then much battery ability), but information technology certainly packs enough to quite literally make heads plow. Hey, you lot're reading this article after that incredibly inviting championship, aren't you lot? The well-nigh interesting step would exist for Matrix to patent and lend this engineering to other companies. Imagine having a smartwatch like an Apple Watch that boasts of two-3 extra hours of battery life thanks to thermal estrus, or a smartphone that charges when it's in your pocket, gathering thermal energy from your leg. I'd certainly bask living in that future…

Designer: Akram Boukai of Matrix

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