Fifteen-year-old Filipino teen Angelo Casimiro has just invented a pair of shoes that generate electricity as you walk—electricity that can then be used to charge your smartphone. Take a look:
Casimiro’s shoes work through two pairs of physio-electric discs that are placed on the insoles, which are designed to produce energy whenever pressure is put on them. Therefore, when a user jumps, jogs, runs, or walks in the shoes, electricity is generated and subsequently used to charge your phone through USB.
In other words, Casimiro has created a portable phone charger that you’ll always have on you—something the teen says is ideal for joggers and hikers—people whose hobbies take them places where access to a regular phone charger, or even regular electricity, is slim. It could even be used for those who live in remote villages that don’t have regular electricity access.
Now for the bad news: Casimiro’s device is designed to produce energy through movement, and in order for it to work, you have to move a lot . According to the calculations of early experiments, it would take roughly eight hours of jogging or running wearing Casimiro’s sneakers for you to fully charge your phone’s lithium-ion battery. Or if you prefer to play sports, two hours of basketball would only charge your phone for around ten minutes.
Yeah, Casimiro has some bugs to work out, especially if he wants to beat the competition: the inventors of SolePower, for example, whose shoes would fully charge your smartphone with a two and half mile walk.
Casimiro has entered his invention into Google’s 2014 Science fair, where he will compete with other inventors around the globe for top prize. The regional and local finalists of the competition will be announced on June 26, so look out for his name!
Source DailyDot.com
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