New shoes: Just go, just charge the battery

Recently, US scientists have successfully developed a self-generated energy system that is integrated into the shoes used for daily activities.

The technology of Tom Krupenkin and J. Ashley Taylor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is capable of producing energy, thanks to the travel of the users themselves, and then stored in a small, hidden battery. In shoes to avoid water and dirt.

This battery can then be used to charge the phones and mobile devices. In addition, the device is also used as a WiFi port connecting the phone to the wireless network.

The system works by virtue of transforming the power into electricity through a microfluidic device with thousands of microscopic (non-toxic, inexpensive) water molecules interacting with a structured substrate. nano breakthrough.

In tests, the device generated 20w of electricity. Engineers say every ² km of walkers will generate 1KW of electricity. However, the only current weakness of the system is the loss of heat.

The product is currently in the process of commercialization with the purpose of being widely used in the market.