There is water sloshing around in the see-through heel of these shoes; all that water movement drives a tiny turbine. When in motion, the current prototype shoe can generate 1.2 watts of electricity, which is enough to power your iPod. You got to like that - enforced exercise, just to listen to your favourite music.
The developers, Telecoms giant NTT, hope to have the power generation up to 3 watts of electricity by the time these shoes go into production in 2010. That would generate enough power for your cell phone. It all sounds wonderful as nobody likes a dying cell phone battery, but where does the wire go? Up one's pants?
Walk-Powered Shoe Chargers
Exercise and Charge your iPod
Trend Themes
1. Walk-powered Technology - Opportunity to develop innovative devices that utilize human motion to generate electricity.
2. Sustainable Footwear - Potential for creating shoes that not only provide comfort but also generate renewable energy.
3. Exercise-powered Electronics - Opportunity to integrate exercise and power generation into wearable devices and electronic gadgets.
Industry Implications
1. Renewable Energy - Developing new technologies to harness the power of human movement for renewable energy sources.
2. Footwear - Incorporating energy-generating components into shoes to create sustainable footwear options.
3. Electronics - Designing wearable devices that can be powered by human motion to eliminate the need for external power sources.