Walk and make electricity!
There’s a great article in BBC Technology today about a prototype gadget that allows you to generate electricity while you walk.
Knee dynamo taps ‘people power’
One minute of walking will power a cell phone for 30 minutes - I find that incredible.
I love the idea of ‘energy harvesting’, and I especially like the idea of being extra motivated to walk knowing that I would be recycling a lot of that energy into a battery source that could be plugged into other things. Can we go carbon free via walking?
“We’re pretty effective batteries,” Dr Donelan told BBC News. “In our fat we store the equivalent of about a 1,000kg battery.”
Awesome.
February 20th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
This is pretty amazing! I remember going to a science centre when I was a child, and peddling a bike to power a TV. I always wanted one of those for my bedroom. This will have some great implications, as well. I’m looking forward to this technology becoming affordable and in every household.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
I’d be more than happy to give my fat away to make a battery! I think this technology ought to be government-sponsored, or at least the purchase cost supplemented by the government for those individuals who are motivated enough to put it to use.