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US students create electricity-generating shoes
Four US students have developed shoes that extract energy with every step to power portable electronics and, perhaps someday, life-preserving medical devices. The “PediPower” shoes they designed can deliver 400 milliwatts of energy through wires that connect the shoes to a belt-mounted battery pack.
Source: Xinhua
Playful shelving doubles as a kid-sized pin press toy
Kids can make a big impression in their bedrooms with PinPres, a combination toy and shelf with wooden rods that slide in and out. Mimicking pin-press needle impression toys, the shelving unit makes it fun and easy for kids to clean up their rooms. Toys can simply be pushed into the surface, and the shelf will adapt to their form.
Source: Decorating Fusion
STRAWSCRAPER-an urban power plant
STRAWSCRAPER is an extension of S?der Torn on S?dermalm in Stockholm with a new energy producing shell covered in straws that can recover wind energy.
Source: Belatchew Arkitekter
Voyager smart treadmill lets you interact with outside world
Designed by II-Seop Yoon, Voyager Smart Treadmill sports a huge display combined with an interactive system that can display virtual reality that is synced with your running speed in real time. Above the display is a tiny camera that will monitor anything you’re doing on the treadmill, enabling the system to adjust the visual. There is a speech recognition feature as well but strangely, this treadmill comes with a remote control too.
Source: Techaw
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