Let your shoes do the charging

Mechanical engineering student Julian Castro models his team’s PediPower prototype shoe to run small electronics.

(Credit:
Jeff Fitlow/Rice University)

After researching a device that draws energy from knee movement, some mechanical engineering students at Rice University decided to see if they could get the same result from another, less intrusive wearable item: a shoe.
With help from the Movement Analysis Laboratory at Shriners Hospital for Children in Houston, the resulting PediPower shoes harness energy from the force of the heel hitting the ground. The prototype — while admittedly…

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