PediPower device brings kinetic energy to heel (video)

by Larra Morris

We’ve seen Pavegen’s energy-harvesting tiles turning up in a variety of places to harvest some of the kinetic energy generated while walking or running over them. But a team of students at Rice University has put the shoe on the other foot with PediPower – a prototype device that attaches to a shoe to harvest energy generated when the heel hits the ground.
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PediPower device brings kinetic energy to heel (video)

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