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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Knee Brace Captures Energy, Powers Mobile Devices]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/02/08/knee-brace-captures-energy-powers-mobile-devices/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/02/08/knee-brace-captures-energy-powers-mobile-devices/</guid><description><![CDATA["but the knee brace requires less than one watt of metabolic power to produce one watt of electricity."<br>How about that!  Perpetual motion!  More for less.  Pretty soon, we'll have everything for nothing!  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[W. C. Peterson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 8th 2008 1:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Knee Brace Captures Energy, Powers Mobile Devices]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/02/08/knee-brace-captures-energy-powers-mobile-devices/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/02/08/knee-brace-captures-energy-powers-mobile-devices/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hmmmm, technology is really evolving to the stage where one can have garments with built in solar thinfilm cells, coupled to say this brace evolving to the stage where it will be part of both knees and elbows of clothing that can then self power all kind of virtual technology.<br><br>Batteries can be eliminated via the use of ultracapacitors, meaning that your personal electronic device combo pc/cellphone/entertainment centre will be standalone self powered. Battlefield scenarios for soldiers are 1st to spring to mind, with techno types adopting the technolgy as it becomes more affordable and mainstream.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacques Search Engineer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 10th 2008 1:30AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
