Enjoy the walking trail and generate some electricity

Oakmont has several nice walking trails chief among them a ribbon of black top that runs along the railroad track right down the middle of town. Here is a way you can walk and generate some power in the process. Interesting.

Backpack generates power from walking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A backpack that converts a plodding gait into electricity could soon be charging up mobile phones, navigation devices and even portable disc players, U.S.-based researchers said on Thursday.
Their backpack design converts mechanical energy from up-and-down movement of the backpack's cargo to electricity during normal walking.
Fueled by a snack, hikers can put the spring in their steps to good use, the researchers write in Friday's issue of the journal Science.

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