February 8th, 2008 by ketyung
We love green energy, we’ll spend every single effort to find ways to generate green power for our gadgets, even though it’s little absurd. The new idea here is to make use of the movements of your knee to generate electricity to power your portable gadgets or cellphones. It’s be a device that is to be strapped to your leg around the knee, converting the movements of your knees into electricity while you’re walking.
Surely, at the early prototype stage of the device, it looks bulky, which makes you look little absurd, like a Robocop. Perhaps, it’ll make you a little bit clumsy with your movements, while having it strapped to your knee. The researchers are looking into the possibility of making a much smaller version that could be incorporated into clothing.
Dr Arthur Kuo of the University of Michigan is the inventor of this device. And he calls it “biomechanical energy harvester”. He said the device works similar the power-generating brakes found in hybrid cars.
Anyway, this device will be helpful for joggers to power up their iPods while running or commuters to charge their mobile phones while dashing for a train.
via [Buzz Corner], Source
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