Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.
If you ask me (and I know you didn’t), there just aren’t enough things being done with shoes that recycle the energy you generate as you walk. This project, done by designer JooYoun Paek, combines shoe power with inflatable furniture to create a chair you pump up as you walk. And *so* stylish, too. Does Bjork know about these?
I would be more interesting in a Compression generator inserted into the heal, and a small Battery pack to charge anything you are carrying.
garethb2says:
Yeah, power to your PAN (Personal Area Network). That’s the kind of motion recycling I’m *really* interested in. This thing is more of a chindohgu (clever, impractical invention) than anything else.
Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.
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I would be more interesting in a Compression generator inserted into the heal, and a small Battery pack to charge anything you are carrying.
Yeah, power to your PAN (Personal Area Network). That’s the kind of motion recycling I’m *really* interested in. This thing is more of a chindohgu (clever, impractical invention) than anything else.