Indian Student’s Sweatshirt Helps Cool Athletes And Uses Sweat To Generate Power

Sweating is a natural reaction when people practice hard, but it has an unpleasant smell and can lead to inconvenience to the athletes. Sweat is also something we want to hide with deodorant.

However, a 17-year-old boy in India came up with a solution to turn sweat into energy to dry and cool the athletes faster.

Usually, sweat is produced in order to create a cooling effect after it dries out to the human body. Taking advantage of this principle, Rohit Nemani created a special shirt for athletes to practice more effectively. Nemani has been in the Cox Mill High School's running team for three years. And the idea came up when he was in regular training of the team.

Sweat from human bodies contains not only water but also salt. When the salt is combined with the electrode, it will get charged. Nemani said that salt from sweat could create electricity to the fabric for better cooling. Putting this kind of fabric in a shirt can help athletes quickly feel cooler and less tired.

Nemani used a 3D printer to make carbon and attach zinc washer to the fabric. Thus, the shirt made from this fabric can create electricity.

The cotton layer of the shirt absorbs sweat from the athlete and then spread it out to increase the speed and the amount of water evaporated. This shirt will help athletes to be cooler and more comfortable during intense training sessions.

The sweatshirt will produce a small amount of electricity when sweat combines with the electrodes woven into the fabric. Rohit Nemani's unique shirt was on display at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.