Skin Electricity
Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 1651 , Segment 6
Afghanistan, Great Salt Lake, Micronations
Episode: Afghanistan, Great Salt Lake, Micronations
- Jul 27, 2021 8:00 pm
- 16:27 mins
Here’s a wild idea: human skin conducts electricity, so what if your wrist could serve as a charging dock for your smartwatch? Then you’d never have to take it off. Could this actually work? Could it hurt? Jeremy Gummeson, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, explores the concept. (Segment produced by Abby Haralson)