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To: kinkblot who wrote (1331)3/15/1999 11:56:00 AM
From: kinkblot  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1383
 
Force Transduction: Parasitic Power

media.mit.edu

From website of The Physics and Media Group at the MIT Media Lab.

Wearable computers are inconvenient if they must be battery powered. We want to use the energy expended in a person's natural motions to power wearable computers. Specifically, we want to harness the energy a person expends while walking to create parasitically powered shoe computers.

Oakley already has a wristwatch powered by natural human motion. Maybe they should get together with these guys and take the next step.