You screw those irritating Heely shoe , the single that kids whizz along around on in the shopping centre , lead to chipped teeth and upset wrists ? Well , someone really did something middling useful with them . Sort of . creative person Christian Croft and Kate Hartman hack a pair of Heelys , using the wheel to beget electricity . The electrical energy generated is then used to power a lead control board on the front of the shoe that gives the wearer management … to nowhere .
disconcert ? Yeah , I experience . We ’ll let them explain .
This work applies its energy toward a more playful applications programme in hopes to advertise treatment in the kingdom of sustainable Department of Energy maturation and alternative Department of Transportation pattern . Electricity harvest from turn over powers a PC and liquid crystal display display plant on the shoe to hand over random directions for a pedestrian to follow . Arrows and textual matter show up on the screen display tell the wearer which commission she should move around next — north , northeast , southwest , etc . Depending on the speed of rolling , a directive appears on the screen every 15 to 20 feet . These directions push the wearer to follow a random zig - zaggy path that mimic in strong-arm space the mathematical simulation of the random or drunkard ’s walk .
Oh , artistic creation ! Why make something useful when you may excuse something useless and sense like an creative person ? But hey , congratulations for making a pair of shoes that can generate electricity , even if it does n’t go to power anything worthwhile . [ Product PageviaTreehugger ]
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