Shoes Made to Charge Gadgets
Japanese telco company NTT recently announced that it has developed shoes made not just for walking, but for charging gadgets as well. They have a small generator that is attached to water-filled soles, and when you walk to put pressure on the soles, the water spins a small turbine and generates power to charge your gadgets.
These shoes currently generate 1.2 watts of electricity, which is enough energy to charge an iPod as long as you keep walking. Although, the company's goal is to create enough power to increase the power to 3 watts, which is enough to charge a cell phone.
The shoes don't have an on/off button, so you're always going to be moving that turbine as long as you walk around, but this can be a good thing because you'll be able to automatically charge whatever gadget you plug in because the energy is already built up.
The Japanese company, NTT, is hoping to connect a generator and sell products as early as 2010. One can only hope that the product they release is more pleasing to the eye than the what's they already have available.
These shoes currently generate 1.2 watts of electricity, which is enough energy to charge an iPod as long as you keep walking. Although, the company's goal is to create enough power to increase the power to 3 watts, which is enough to charge a cell phone.
The shoes don't have an on/off button, so you're always going to be moving that turbine as long as you walk around, but this can be a good thing because you'll be able to automatically charge whatever gadget you plug in because the energy is already built up.
The Japanese company, NTT, is hoping to connect a generator and sell products as early as 2010. One can only hope that the product they release is more pleasing to the eye than the what's they already have available.
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Deafblind Dad
Sounds like a good idea actually and it's a clean way to generate electricity. Wonder why they don't put turbines in car wheels. You'd have four turbines generating power at the same time. I wonder if that would produce enough energy to run the car indefinitely?