Power walk: Footsteps could charge mobile electronics
Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 14:50
in Physics & Chemistry
When you’re on the go and your smartphone battery is low, in the not-so-distant future you could charge it simply by plugging it into your shoe. An innovative energy harvesting and storage technology developed by mechanical engineers could reduce our reliance on the batteries in our mobile devices, ensuring we have power for our devices no matter where we are.