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These Boots Were Made for Walkin’ (and Generatin’ Power)

by John Platt on October 28th, 2008

Motion is energy. Capturing that energy is easy if you’re talking about huge turbines. But what about tiny motions, like a footstep? A number of new projects aim to use the energy of human activity and translate it into ways to power the portable devices we so love. The photo above is an obviously early prototype [...]

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The New Water Power with HydroPak

by Doug Gunzelmann on April 16th, 2008

Upgrade: $TBD The HydroPak give you and your tech gear the power boost it needs, when you need it, wherever you are in need. Using fuel cell technology by Horizon this power pack can recharge a laptop, cell phone, and yada yada yada. Why is this a better alternative? Using the Hydropak, which also incorporates technology [...]

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