Researchers Build Wearable Generators

schliz writes "From the itnews article: 'Bioengineers from the University of Auckland have developed cheap, lightweight rubber power generators that could harvest up to a Watt of power if embedded in shoes. The researchers built on "dielectric elastomer generator" technology that used the movements of a flexible, non-conductive material to build up charge in attached electrodes.'"

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Been hearing this for a while now

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This might be a new advance, but it's hard to tell. Here is a Slashdot story from 2001 with basically the same "researchers find a way to make shoes generate power" line.