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New Twist on Power Walking

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the portable-offices dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Carrying a newly designed backpack loaded with between 44 and 84 pounds of gear, users generate enough electricity to simultaneously power an MP3 player, a PDA, night vision goggles, a handheld GPS, a CMOS image decoder, a GSM terminal in talk mode, and Bluetooth."

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  1. Re:Kangaroo by mikael_j · · Score: 0, Redundant
    I think the problem with military applications is that this equipment (at least right now) is quite heavy, and I don't see soldiers giving up ammunition, body armor, food and other stuff like that just so that they can stay in touch with their CO using MSN Messenger...

    /Mikael

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