{"id":904,"date":"2012-01-23T23:25:40","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T21:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/?p=904"},"modified":"2012-01-23T23:32:47","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T21:32:47","slug":"thermoelectric-boots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/2012\/01\/23\/thermoelectric-boots\/","title":{"rendered":"Thermoelectric Boots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Everything we do generates power \u2014 about 1 watt per breath, 70 watts per step.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Smart Material: Thermoelectric material.<\/p>\n<p>European\u00a0telecommunications provider, Orange, introduced a prototype in 2010 of a pair of rubber boots that convert heat from your feet into electrical power. This electricity can be used to charge battery-powered handhelds, such as mobile phones. In order to charge the handheld&#8217;s battery to an hour, you must walk for 12 hours. This may seem long &#8211; running would make the process faster, as the more heat produced, the more electricity produced.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bi_bodypoweredwellies_1122.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-908\" src=\"http:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bi_bodypoweredwellies_1122-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bi_bodypoweredwellies_1122-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bi_bodypoweredwellies_1122.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They are a great sustainable, eco-friendly alternative to the vast amount of electrical power that is used everyday to charge battery-powered devices. They are also practical, because the electricity is produced from regular everyday activity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the boots convert the heat into\u00a0electricity:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/thermoelectric-orange-power-wellies-generate-electricity\/15346\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/thermoelectric-orange-power-wellies-generate-electricity\/15346\/<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/specials\/packages\/article\/0,28804,2029497_2030623_2029815,00.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Everything we do generates power \u2014 about 1 watt per breath, 70 watts per step.&#8221; Smart Material: Thermoelectric material. European\u00a0telecommunications provider, Orange, introduced a prototype in 2010 of a pair of rubber boots that convert heat from your feet into electrical power. This electricity can be used to charge battery-powered handhelds, such as mobile phones. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-design","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=904"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":912,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions\/912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}