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Rechargeable Boots

Posted by michael on from the ground-pounder dept.

Fancypants writes: "ABCNews.com has posted an article about a Menlo Park, CA company that is developing boots that generate power. Imagine charging your cell phone by walking to class." Seems as if we've done a story before on shoes that generate electricity, but I sure don't see it in the archives.

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  1. killer app by hexdef6 · · Score: 2, Interesting
    If I remember correctly, there was a panel at Summercon 99 where Decius presented the concept for shoes like these as part of a presentation on a peculiar type of bio-encryption. His idea involved sending a security key to various objects (like a doorknob) via low power electricity oscillations sent across the skin. He suggested using piezo-electric generators in shoes as a power source.

    His idea was to use this system of information transmission to enable data-rich handshakes (using connected HUDs) among other things.

  2. Old by Smuttley · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Trevor Baylis (inventor fo the clockwork radio) came up with this idea a few years back.