NextGov: The Homeland Security Department is looking to outfit first responders with uniforms that can charge radios, sensors and other electronics they carry on the front lines.
The agency’s science and technology office on Tuesday announced a nearly $200,000 contract with Protect the Force, a Boston-based first responder supply company, to develop textiles that can generate and store its own electricity. Firefighters, law enforcement officers and other first responders could ultimately wear the fabric and use it to power their portable devices on the front line.
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