Requiem for the Bunny

Waking up with music blaring inside your skull can lead to bizarre tendencies in the early morning. Case in point: today Cafe Gitano's Que Poca Cosa Es la Vida was running through my cerebral cortex, a song which has absolutely nothing to do with technology whatsoever, yet the book i pulled off the shelf was Digital Islam, and the news story that caught my eye - and imagination - was this one from the BBC. It's about nanowires in clothing - nanofibres - that can be activated by body movement to power various types of electronic devices. We're talking about the end of the Energizer Bunny here, my friends. Who needs AA and AAA batteries when your underwear can power that iPod? Lest you think i'm joking, here's a direct quote from Professor ZL Wang at Georgia Tech:

"If we can optimise the design we can get up to 80 milliwatts per square
metre of fabric - that could potentially power an iPod."

Hard to say what the side effects of electronifying our individual physical momentums will be, though if your email traffic is anything like mine, an end to viagra would be more than welcome. Instead of a cute little toy bunny to guide our purchasing behavior, we'll probably start seeing chimps waving their arms around to activate blackberries, maglites and who knows what else. Yes, a new microdawn approaches. Que poca cosa a poder la vida....