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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. electric shoes story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    story here

  2. wha... the.... by vrmlknight · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What exactly does a power generating device need a battery for ? the article mentions that it can recharge its own battery I hope the hell it can other wise using it just to power its self to provide power to you..... Ok that really doesn't make sense I have a 5kW generator it does not have a battery (granted it could to get it started but I can do that and I assume the shoes can too) but that the whole thing about the piezo (sp?) electricity nature of this device that it doesn't need that so I repeat ( I may have missed it in the article but why exactly does this need an on board battery except as a buffer in which I can think of other way off the top of my head capacitors hopefully someone can clarify this for me

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