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15 Year Old Invents Device That Generates Electricity While You Walk [1]

Submitted by Galactic Free Press on Fri, 01/23/2015 - 09:44

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15-year-old Angelo Casimiro, from the Philippines, has recently made international news with a new invention that generates electricity in a very new and interesting way.  The invention is a shoe insole that harnesses electricity every time that the person wearing the shoe takes a step.  Angelo constructed his device using piezoelectric materials, which actually generate an alternating current voltage every time they are squeezed.

According to a blog post made by the teenager, [3] “Piezoelectricity was present ever since mid-18th century. Piezoelectricity is the electric charge that accumulates in certain solid materials (such as crystals, certain ceramics in response to applied mechanical stress.”

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[1] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/15-year-old-invents-device-generates-electricity-while-you-walk
[2] http://collectivelyconscious.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/15-year-old-invents-device-that-generates-electricity-while-you-walk.png
[3] http://www.instructables.com/id/Electricity-Generating-Footwear/
[4] http://collectivelyconscious.net/articles/15-year-old-invents-device-that-generates-electricity-while-you-walk/
[5] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/category/type-post/world-news-politics/collectively-conscious