Biomechanical Energy Harvester

SFU researchers have developed a new wearable technology that generates electricity from the natural motion of walking and promises to revolutionize the way we charge portable battery-powered devices.




The Biomechanical Energy Harvester is the culmination of years of biomedical engineering research in SFU's locomotion lab by Max Donelan, assistant professor of kinesiology (above), in collaboration with researchers Qingguo Li, Veronica Naing, Andy Hoffer and Mei Young. Their device, which resembles an orthopedic knee brace, harvests energy from the end of a walker's step, when the muscles are working to slow the movement of the leg, in much the same way that hybrid-electric cars recycle power from braking.

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• Biomechanical
• Energy
• Harvester
• SFU
• Simon
• Fraser
• wearable
• tec

[sfunews]

That is Correct.

[siddharthshah]

The camera man is a freaking retard..Zooming in to on the mouse when the prof. clearly states that the bottom part of the screen shows the power generated -_-. anyways really good invention. dunno why this hasnt been publicized more but this can involve in to many other greater concepts... pure genious

[adityahpatel]

certainly a technology advancement. The markets he addresses are patients with artificial joints and military. They should target all gym-mers with product feature changes. Just think about how many miles people jog daily in America. How many Watts of power would be generated!

[JoelLara]

You're worried about noise?  This is a technological advancement! People could get exercise and power something small like their cell phone in the process. Hopefully, this gadget can become advanced enough where it can power more larger things like perhaps your own house.

[tipoomaster]

leave it to Canadian inverters :)

[TonyTuthill]

Needs to be much smaller and worked into coats.

Howabout using nano-materials to allow fabric to make energy from EM/RF/Air pressure/solar energy etc.

[cearlea]

does energy harvester mean "transforming kinetic energy to electrical energy"?

[hekma]

too noisy ... needs to be worked on more ...other than that i see the uses its gonna have