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Re: power sources

From: "Leon Heller" <>
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 08:42:02

>I'm rather betting on pezoelectricity. It is only a question of time until
>some LED blinking sport shoes are powered with a piezo flexing foil. Now
>getting the power to your fannypack will require some copper in your
>trousers...

This has already been done. Trevor Bayliss, inventor of the Baygen clockwork 
radio, recently used a pair of trainers with piezo-electric generators to 
power a radio transceiver whilst he was wandering around the Sahara.

Leon

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