22-12-2012, 05:21 PM
Prototype of Piezoelectric Shoe
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General Description:
Energy is a hot research topic which concerns the development of the civilization, especially in this era of energy intension. Compared to huge infrastructure to gather energy from some gigantic and intensive energy sources, such as hydraulic power station, recent development has raised great interest in gathering energy which was neglected or usually regarded as useless, for example, to gathering the energy from mechanical vibration of the railway, or the collect the energy from human body. This kind of energy gathering concept provides a new way to save/reuse energy and thus support the sustainable development of civilization. Piezoelectric materials are within the family which can translate mechanical energy into electric energy. The 2010~2011 FYDP group designed and fabricated a prototype of piezoelectric shoe to collect the energy from the walking of human being. Every step of walking will do work to the device and the energy was collected and stored, which can supply the power to a small energy consuming device, such as light bomb. The 2011-2012 FYDP will continue working on it. Lead-free piezoelectric materials will be used to design new piezoelectric shoes. The power of the energy collector/generator should be improved to a higher level. Smarter design and more precise fabrication will be carried out to make piezoelectric shoes tiny, powerful, reliable, and beautiful.