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Power Up With Your Shoes? New Material Pulls Kinetic Energy from Your Kicks

| Published April 28, 2010

energy shoe design image
Image via Louisiana Tech University

The idea of getting our feet to produce power for our gadgets is not new. Inventors have been working on the concept for years, with some surprisingly impractical results. However, as technology gets better for piezoelectric energy generation, scientists are hoping to create some sneakers that do more than just get you from place to place. While some <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/fi…Read the full story on TreeHugger

Posted in accessories, alternative energy, concepts & prototypes, human-powered, prototypes | Tagged energy generation, gadgets, louisiana tech university, new inventors, sneakers | Leave a comment

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