Comments on: Hydroelectric power in your shoes

By: mike

mike — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:37:38 +0000

Dude call DARPA, I am in the military and with the direction of the land warrior system this would help alot at keepiing batteries charged

By: bob

bob — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:41:58 +0000

this may be the nerdiest thing of all time.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:51:18 +0000

“why so complicated ? piezo will work, spring and magnets will work too”

Yes, but this is funnier! That someone actually built it..

By: guest

guest — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:34:22 +0000

sandals
not shoes
ugly ones at that

By: Louis II

Louis II — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:17:22 +0000

A bit different than some solutions I have sketched out.. but definitely interesting. My feet can’t stand squishy shoes so I scrapped shoe power… but this project totally gets me interested in the old project again… sweet and thanks!

By: Nivekian

Nivekian — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:48:11 +0000

Wow, this would go awesome with the lap top cargo pants I have in my head!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:50:18 +0000

I was more talking about moving the electronics + turbine, to a more enclosed safer location then the toe of the sandal.

By: disciple

disciple — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:51:13 +0000

just wait until some steam punk gets a hold of this…

By: mikelinpa

mikelinpa — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:08:52 +0000

Why argue over heel vs toe? If you make it full sole, (problematic?) or two separate reservoirs, it would also serve to cushion the feet. It would be a two’fer! Anti-fatigue and power generating!

It could be made to generate on both the heel-down and the toe-off parts of the stride while the same liquid goes back and forth between. The batteries being charged could double as ankle weights providing beneficial exercise.

**Geek Alert**
Wait, there’s more! The whole system could be used to power the Master Chief’s shields. He can kill the Flood, stem the Covenant invasion, generate his own power, all while massaging his feet! Those metal shoes built into the Mark 6 Suit are pure murder!

By: nubie

nubie — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:27:53 +0000

:) I was going to make some Dune/Stillsuit comments, but it looks like you guys have that covered.

Next up, solar sand worms :P

By: M4CGYV3R

M4CGYV3R — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:12:27 +0000

It’s hard to see, but it actually covers the back of the shoe too, on the bottom at least. If you look closely you can see where the hose on the right side of the shoe goes under to the pressure system and then back up the heel.

By: A.

A. — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:20:33 +0000

Good work!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:47:45 +0000

Wow, that’s pretty cool, though I think it would make more sense to mount it on the back of the shoe or on an ankle strap or something where the pants leg would cover it, then put UV reactive fluid in it and use it to power some UV LEDs (do they make UV LEDs? I’m not sure >.<), and do some interesting looking things with the tubing ^_^
Though if it makes enough power to charge a small device, you could run build a cord into your pants, that plugs into it and then you can plug in your device to charge it in your pocket.

By: brassxian

brassxian — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:25:36 +0000

@ edz

I am so glad that I am not the only one who thought of Dune when I saw this.

By: drew

drew — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:51:25 +0000

ac/dc rocks!!! but why not put it on the heal any way