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February 13, 2016

Footsteps could charge mobile electronics
Madison WI (SPX) Feb 12, 2016
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 University of Wisconsin-Madison 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. In a paper published Nov. 16, 2015, in the journal Scientific Reports, Tom Krupenkin, a professor of mechan ... read more

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