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A new knee device developed by researchers at Simon Fraser University can generate enough electricity to power ten cell phones at once.
would it not make more sense to have this in the sole of the shoe as a energy absorption unity? and maybe if the cloths had micro fibers and magnets woven into them the whole body would act as a generator.
This is great! People could use it to generate enough electricity to light crack pipes anywhere. The money they would save on lighters would pay for thier rehab.
A guy in England has pioneered self powered traffic lights that get their energy from vehicles driving over springy magnets at the lights. I was thinking that the same idea could be applied in busy foyers and shopping malls, schools, etc to generate electricity for the buildings foyer.
I dont think they'd be able to get much power from that for big buildings, maybe enough to light the buildings. Surley it would be cheaper to to use normal electricity?