Salt: Portable Power in the Arctic

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Acrylic Dry Pocket

Copper Foam Spacer Aluminum

Location of Metals

Joule Thief

LED

Exploded Axonometric: SKN-3 Battery

SKN-3, the third and final skin, was designed with maximum voltage in mind the amount of independent batteries. The skin is composed of 25 batteries composed of three cells each, outputting 1.5 volts each, therefore also relying on joule thiefs to bring the voltage up high enough to light up a white LED. Total copper mass: 1.814 g Total aluminum mass: 0.272 g Total water volume: 485 ml Skin output: 33.75 V (80 V with joule thief)

Skin Development

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