Gym shoes that generate energy as you run, by RMIT researchers

With the rate at which fossil fuels are slowly depleting bowels of the earth, humankind sure as hell needs to find newer ways to power up, and is seemingly doing so on a respectable scale these days. Researchers at the RMIT University in Melbourne have come up with a fantastic way to keep you powered up, on the go. These brainy folk are busy sculpting shoes that could, if all goes as planned that is, generate energy as you move, making use of piezoelectricity coupled with a thin film microchip coating, perfect to generate energy that could turn your gym-time more fruitful than ever.

With this and all the featured previous gym equipment capable of generating energy that we’ve had here, exercise time up ahead is sure to keep the health-conscious environment-lovers happier than ever.
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