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2019-08-02
Chinese researchers design smart energy harvester on human knee
Media: XinHuaNetChinese researchers have developed a device that can harvest energy from its wearer's knee and generate 1.6 microwatts of power while the wearer walks at a normal speed without any increase in effort. The study published in the latest edition of Applied Physics Letters described the device that can power gadgets like health monitoring equipment and GPS devices. -
2019-07-17
Harvesting energy from the human knee
Media: EurekAlert!Imagine powering your devices by walking. With technology recently developed by a group of researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, that possibility might not be far out of reach. They describes the technology in Applied Physics Letters, from AIP Publishing. An energy harvester is attached to the wearer's knee and can generate 1.6 microwatts of power while the wearer walks without any increase in effort...