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# Power for your Bluetooth Legs?
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/power-for-your-bluetooth-legs/
- Published: 2008-02-09T07:27:21.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-24T15:17:36.000Z
- Description: A new energy-capturing knee brace can generate enough electricity from walking to operate a portable GPS locator, a mobile phone,…
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:15

![](http://www.cyberneticsnews.com/Images/kneebrace.jpg)

A new [energy-capturing knee brace](http://www.cyberneticsnews.com/research/Knee%5Fbrace%5Fgenerates%5Felectricity%5Ffrom%5Fwalking.asp?ref=protein.xyz) can generate enough electricity from walking to operate a portable GPS locator, a mobile phone, a motorized prosthetic joint or an implanted neurotransmitter, research from the University of Michigan shows.

The wearable mechanism works much like regenerative braking charges a battery in some hybrid vehicles - Regenerative brakes collect the kinetic energy that would otherwise be dissipated as heat when a car slows down. This knee brace harvests the energy lost when a human brakes the knee after swinging the leg forward to take a step.

The dude needs to sort out his sock/shoe situation however.