Smart shoes create electricity
An in-shoe component is designed to generate electricity from walking or running activities, providing power to the sensor or other electronics.
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An in-shoe component is designed to generate electricity from walking or running activities, providing power to the sensor or other electronics.
The idea of producing electricity from airborne vibrations is not new, but a team at the Singapore Institute of Science and Technology has turned it into reality.
For the past five years, Professor Peza Alam and a team of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have successfully researched how to create a mechanical…
Applying the principle of hydropower operation, Canadian inventor Komarechka introduced a small generator that is directly attached to the bottom of the shoe. This inven…
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a new way to generate electricity: using carbon nanotubes to generate electricity.
This particular device can emit about 290 teraats / h (1,012 Wh), which is 80 times the current generation capacity of the world.
To capitalize on the mechanical means, a company in Israel has built street and highway power generation.
With 624 large portable mirrors, a solar park in Europe can produce 11 million kilowatts of electricity a year.
Vattenfall (Sweden) has just unveiled a power plant using technology that is considered a breakthrough in the fight against climate change.
German experts are experimenting on a special type of thermoelectric generator that converts heat from car exhaust to electricity to provide fuel and reduce CO2 emission…
An invention sponsored by the US Navy describes a simple way to generate electricity in an emergency or to stay in touch after a disaster. This solution does not require…
China is developing a new coal-fired methane production method with a total current capacity of 90,000kW. According to experts, coal-bed methane is part of clean energy…
US Terra Moya Aqua (TMA) has developed a new vertical wind turbine, which can significantly increase performance compared to traditional propeller designs.