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A New Twist on Power Walking
MBL Scientist Invents Backpack That Empowers Wearers to Generate their Own Electricity
WOODS HOLE, MA—In an unprecedented breakthrough in the development of portable and renewable human-driven energy sources, an MBL (Marine Biological Laboratory) biomechanics expert who studies how muscle moves skeletons in fish and frogs has invented a backpack that gives new meaning to the term power walking >>> more
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Images courtesy of Dr. Lawrence Rome.
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The Suspended-load Backpack with parts labeled. |
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The Suspended-load Backpack without parts labeled. |
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The Suspended-load Backpack demonstrated. |
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The Suspended-load Backpack, converts mechanical energy into electricity. |
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