Harness free energy — the footfall of trudging shoppers

This is a pretty interesting article...

It's a topic I haven't thought about much, but now that I see it, I realize it could be possible.

Anyhow...

Capturing power from people's footsteps is the subject.

The plans for heel-strike generation follow successful trials last year at a bridge in the Midlands where generators converted energy from trains passing above into electricity powering a flood detector.' Possibly the most important thing for the readership is at the end: 'There could also be a range of domestic uses, for example powering iPods by plugging them into batteries placed in the owners' heels, using technology which is already available.'

Anyhow, this seems like a pretty cool, low energy source.

Al