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Harvesting energy from the human knee: Researchers develop a way to power small devices by walking
- July 20, 2019
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Imagine powering your devices by walking. With new technology that possibility might not be far out of reach. An energy harvester is attached to the wearer's knee and can generate 1.6 microwatts of power while the wearer walks without any increase in effort. The energy is enough to power small electronics like health monitoring equipment and GPS devices.
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"Harvesting energy from the human knee: Researchers develop a way to power small devices by walking", MachPrinciple, July 20, 2019, https://machprinciple.com/post/Harvesting-energy-from-the-human-knee-Researchers-develop-a-way-to-power-small-devices-by-walking
