3 students create shoes to generate electricity

Three students at Al Hikma Private School in Ajman have created shoes to generate electric power through the daily human movement to be used to charge some devices or provide lighting, especially in remote places where lighting is not available.

Physics teacher and project supervisor, Ghada Thabet Hamed, told Emirates Today that she worked with the team of three students: Asmaa Abul Huda, Manar Al Metwali and Reem Al Suwaidi to exploit the energy generated by human movement and thought about producing clean energy from This movement, up to about 8,000 steps a day.

"Through our project, we can convert human kinetic energy into electrical energy, which is used to charge devices, light lamps, or any other purpose that relies on electricity."

She explained that the project consists of a shoe that includes pieces or tablets ceramic electrostatic, including conductive diameters, and a condenser to store energy, and rectifier to convert the alternating current into a constant current, adding that these components are connected to electrical wires, connected to the LED lamp, and when the pressure of the human wearing this shoe or When you move it the lamp lights up.

Hamed added that the team aimed behind the completion of the project, to obtain clean energy from the movement of human, and stimulate the increase of movement, which leads to reduce the use of cars that produce toxic gases affect the environment, in addition to the project helps workers to charge their phones or lighting lamps Especially when doing work in remote, remote locations where there are no sources of energy or lighting during the night.

She pointed out that the team started preparing the project and paper last October, and was able to complete the project in about six months, pointing out that the team has received considerable support from the school's executive director, Aisha Al-Mutawa.

Hamed noted that the team participated in the project in the competition `` Science Thinking 2019 '' and won first place in the category of innovations in energy and environment.