Imagine having jeans that charge your phone just by putting it in your pocket. That's what this material does. It was developed for the British Army. The fabric is made of yarn. The yarn can conduct electricity from a battery pack to anywhere in your clothing. It can charge your gadgets on contact.

试想一下这个场景：手机放到牛仔裤的口袋里就能充电。这种织物就可以做到。该材料是为英国军队研制的，它由特殊纱线编织而成。电池组通过纱线将电流传到衣服上面。这样就可以给接触衣服的手机充电了。

The fabric has been developed by Intelligent Textiles. It can carry either power or data through a soldier's clothes, helmet, or backpack. It can charge gear that otherwise needs separate power sources. The materials have been field tested. But they still need to be weather-proofed.

Intelligent Textiles公司改进了这种织物，使其能将电流或数据传输到士兵的服装、头盔或背包上，还可以给其它需单独供电的装备充电。这些材料已进行了现场实验，但还需要进行耐风雨测试。

And that's all great, but could this ever make it into your home, and charge your phone or laptop someday? Right now, charging a battery still involves wires, chargers, and sockets. Inductive charging is developing. But you cannot just put your phone down on any surface and start powering up.

取得这样的成绩已经不错了。但是，将来能不能应用到我们家里面，给手机、笔记本充电？目前，给电池充电还需要充电线、充电器和插座。感应式充电仍在研制当中。但还不能做到把手机放在任何材料上就能充电。

But what if your pants or jacket or bag could charge your phone, or laptop or anything else? And what if that could be combined with some kind of inductive charging? You'd be able to almost totally cut the cord with your gadgets. Yes, you'd need to charge up whatever power source you're using now and then, but keep a pair of khakis plugged in while they hang in the closet. It would be a lot different from having to remember to plug in your phone.

假设你的裤子、夹克或包包能够给手机、笔记本或其它东西充电怎么办？假设能跟感应式充电结合起来会怎么样？那样的话，你就可以摆脱对传统充电器的依赖。是的，你可能需要给时常用到的电源充电。但只要给衣柜里的卡其裤连接上电源就可以了。这与过去要记得给手机充电大不一样了。