Cell phones have the potential to revolutionize life in places like Sub-Saharan Africa, where they are crucial for advancing everything from education to medicine to commerce. The problem? Developing countries lack the electricity to charge their mobile electronics. Over a billion people lack access to electricity worldwide, about 99 percent of whom live in the developing world.
Enter SolePower. Using a basic shoe insert, SolePower allows users to charge mobile electronics simply by walking. By capturing the kinetic energy of footsteps, Sole Power's shoe insert converts energy into electrical power, which is stored in a battery for later use. The battery is then used to charge portable electronics like cell phones.
In this video, SolePower Co-Founders Hahna Alexander and Matthew Stanton explain how they came up with the idea for the innovative shoe insert, and how they plan to use it to put a spring in the step and a charge in the phone of users around the world.
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Sole Power Will Put a Charge in Your Step
August 27, 2013
Cell phones have the potential to revolutionize life in places like Sub-Saharan Africa, where they are crucial for advancing everything from education to medicine to commerce. The problem? Developing countries lack the electricity to charge their mobile electronics. Over a billion people lack access to electricity worldwide, about 99 percent of whom live in the developing world.
Enter SolePower. Using a basic shoe insert, SolePower allows users to charge mobile electronics simply by walking. By capturing the kinetic energy of footsteps, Sole Power's shoe insert converts energy into electrical power, which is stored in a battery for later use. The battery is then used to charge portable electronics like cell phones.
In this video, SolePower Co-Founders Hahna Alexander and Matthew Stanton explain how they came up with the idea for the innovative shoe insert, and how they plan to use it to put a spring in the step and a charge in the phone of users around the world.
