Army fop sat down with scientists at University of Michigan and other schooling and enquire for a simple frickin ’ bionic cricket bat with frickin ’ stereo cameras , miniaturized radar , ultra - tender self - guidance , “ energy scavenging ” recharging capability and a wireless to send datum back to troops in urban combat zone . Was that too much to enquire ? Here ’s how it ’s working out for them :
The proposal is for the bat to be just six in in length , weigh only four ounces and use just one watt of superpower , backed by a lithium - ion battery , which could be file by not just solar energy , but wind get-up-and-go and random vibrations as well . The bat ’s mean end would be to run surveillance ops and relay information in realtime , including deal and sounds from minicams and miniskirt - microphones , but also radiation sickness and poisonous substance flatulence reading .
The UMich grant consists of $ 10 million over five years , create the U - M Center for Objective Microelectronics and Biomimetic Advanced Technology ( dubbed “ COM - BAT”—pun mean ) . The focus is to flinch down many electronics that while presently useable would only be serious if the US Army wanted , say , a 12 - foot spy - squash racquet . Not too sneak .
For energy recovery , UMich will work to develop “ quantum dot solar cells , ” making current solar cell twice as courteous . The bat ’s autonomous navi system will be 1,000 times pocket-sized than current organisation , and that much more energy effective too . The comms system will be shrunk to one - tenth the current size , too . you’re able to see how all of this shrinking will have positive impact outside the bionic - bat community as well . [ UMichviaUbergizmo ]
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