Tech: Clothing that generates electricity

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U.S. scientists has developed  a set of brush-like fibres that can be woven into clothing to generate electricity from movement. Each wire consists of a Kevlar stalk onto which zinc oxide nanowires are grown, although just about any material could be used as the stalk, including hair. Wires are paired with one being coated in gold, and when the brush together they generate electricity. They expect that they can eventually generate 80 milliwatts per square metre of fabric... but that fabric may be dry-clean only. Zinc oxide is highly sensitive to moisture.