<snip> All that walking you're doing to meet your daily step-count goal could
soon start paying off -- and not necessarily in the way you expect.
Yes, it will it make you healthier, but it could power your activity tracker,
too, thanks to an insole that sits inside your shoe and harvests energy from
your footsteps.
Researchers at the University of Southampton, England, have designed the
removable insole to collect the kinetic energy generated by the movement of
your body and the pressure of your feet hitting the ground. This kinetic
energy is then transformed into electrical energy that can be used to power
small devices. <snip>
CNET: Battery-free wearables of the future could run off your footsteps
http://www.cnet.com/news/battery-free-wearables-of-the-future-could-be-powered-by-your-footsteps/
Wonder if this is worth keeping an eye on for possible SOTA/backpack portable
use if it proves to be a viable technology?
73, Al
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