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A boy from PH invents shoes that charge smartphones

Angelo Casimiro, a 15-year-old student from the Philippines did a little science experiment to charge smartphones or any portable device by simply walking.

Filipino kid smartshoes

Using piezoelectric transducers, Angelo Casimiro came up with a system that can harness the energy produced with each step made. He developed this idea and turned it into a project that he submitted at the 2014 Google Science Fair.

Basically, he attached a powerbank to some old sneakers together with diodes and transducers to come up with a pair of “smart shoes” that has the energy needed to power up a smartphone. There’s a list of everything he used if you want to try it out yourself. You can also watch the video for a more detailed explanation on how it works.

Update: It has come to our attention that there were three students from Philippine Science High School who first did this project, and in fact won an award at Project Tuklas around February of 2013. There must have been a conflict of sources.

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Kevin Bruce Francisco is the Senior Editor and Video Producer for YugaTech. He's a Digital Filmmaking graduate who's always either daydreaming of traveling or actually going places on his bike. Follow him on Twitter for more tech updates @kevincofrancis.

36 Responses

  1. Avatar for Jes Jes says:

    Ang masasabi ko ay “Good Job!”. Keep it up. :D

  2. Avatar for Mr A Mr A says:

    Sometimes it is not about the first person who invented matters. It is the drive to solve everyday problems in the most ingenious ways. While his idea isn’t new, his attitude in finding a solution to problems makes him a cut above the rest. It is not something everybody has, particularly in this country.

    On the other hand, his idea does have its uses. It’s just not in the capacity he claims. It is not practical to charge a smartphone or tablet device with his idea. But if we pair it with in a low-powered senor, ala fitbit device, or a go-pro style smartwatch (maybe e-ink instead of LCDs), then it becomes practical.

    Last but not the least, the kid is cute.

  3. Avatar for Denephew Denephew says:

    Sa hitsura pa lng ng batang ito pwede siyang maka imbento ng koopal commenter virus dito sa Yuga. Make a koopal comment and the virus is released destroying the PC. Mga koops okay ba?

    SAGOT!

  4. Avatar for gogo gogo says:

    patent mo na agad yan. power shoes ang bagay tawag dyan.

  5. Avatar for Justin Justin says:

    25 years from now, he’ll be the REAL 40-year-old virgin.

  6. Avatar for john dela cruz john dela cruz says:

    mga Pilipino talaga… crab mentality pa rin ang dumadaloy sa dugo.

  7. Avatar for oldbank oldbank says:

    admirable but yeah nothing new… but i guess its because he’s a kid? mebbe?

    the Indian kid from March 2014
    http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/12th-class-indian-boy-builds-a-waterproof-shoe-that-charges-phones-as-you-walk-220187.html

    American Students from 2013
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2331550/The-SHOES-charge-iPhone-walk.html

    some Indian guy from 2012
    http://techaloo.com/shoe-charger-innovator-mr-mandar-tulankar/

  8. Avatar for gadgeteer gadgeteer says:

    Being an electrical engineer, looking at the above comments, Right, this isnt something new. in fact, every movement in the body can be converted into electrical energy, now the problem is efficiency. with today’s power hungry devices, it would take something like a whole day’s running to power a cellphone for 30 mins. not really practical isnt it? but hey, who knows, maybe he can also invent a way to make his invention efficient enough to power a cellphone for 1 hr in 1 hour of walking/running, NOW that would be a real NEWS!

  9. Avatar for alfonso punong bayan alfonso punong bayan says:

    okay na sana pero yung kuko…

    • Avatar for hay naku hay naku says:

      lamo alfonso kung masyadong puno ang ulo mo ng mga ideas di mo na mapapansin ang mga kuko mo,

      kung ikaw ang tipong napapansin palagi ang mga kuko mo, tatlong bagay lang yan,
      1. mas importante sa yo ang kuko kaysa project mo
      2. may pagka feminine ka
      3. manikurista ka

  10. Avatar for Kuragane Kuragane says:

    Buti nlang walang nag-sabing ” I am proud to be Pilipino”

  11. Avatar for SpiderWak SpiderWak says:

    clap clap clap.. keep it up boy.. I’m sure you’ll have more ideas in the future.

    • Avatar for Gibs Gibs says:

      MUST READ: Angelo stated this several times that he only DEVELOPED the project and not invented it. Want proof? Read it on his tutorial on instructables and on his Google science Fair Entry. The problem with the media is that they exaggerate the title too much.

      To All Critics:
      Don’t judge this kid, if I’ve seen his projects, it will blown you away. Clearly he is a genius, he has built his own CNC machine at the age of fourteen, note that CNC machines are built by engineering graduates.

  12. Avatar for Miss Call Miss Call says:

    Good for him and all the best to him, but this is nothing new nor innovative at this point.

  13. Avatar for JC JC says:

    nge.. I heard an Indian did this first early this year. Nakalimutan ko lang kung saan ko nabasa.

  14. Avatar for Mang Tomas Mang Tomas says:

    http://solepowertech.com/

  15. Avatar for simon simon says:

    angelo is fiddling with tech toys since 10 i think. he had some instructable.com tutorials

  16. Avatar for andrew andrew says:

    you got a lot of critics, why don’t you do one, this is a boy not a man were talking here,

  17. Avatar for manuel manuel says:

    still open for improvements. you could have powerbank that you could remove after charging instead of having the ipod attaching to your feet. you could also find a way to somehow hide the battery since prolong exposure to the sun would kill the battery

    • Avatar for hay naku hay naku says:

      pahabain mo lang ang wire nyan e hanggang sa bulsa mo, di ba?

      pang visual lang ang ginawa niya para makita ang buong project niya in 1 close up picture.

      tsk

  18. Avatar for is is says:

    considering our weather and baha/puddle situation, would be safer to mount the device higher on a person. Perhaps a bag-carried one. One good splash is all it’ll take and your battery is fucked up.

    • Avatar for hay naku hay naku says:

      di mo ba alam na ang movement ng paglalakad o ang galaw-galaw ang nag aactivate ng device na yan para mag bigay charge sa powerbank/cp?

      kung ilagay mo yan sa bag o sa baywang mo para mataas katulad ng sabi mo eh di wala masyadong movement dun.

      pwera na lang kung bading ka na pag lumakad ay pa giwang-giwang, di ba?

  19. Avatar for franchesca franchesca says:

    is’t really awesome

  20. Avatar for Hen-Sheen Hen-Sheen says:

    The Smart Shoe is just only the beginning. He could make Smart wearables in a few years time; the next Steve Jobs is on the move today!

    • Avatar for juan juan says:

      Dude really your comparing smart humans to a copy cat named steve jobs, he didnt even do anything there are other people who are much important than jobs like the man who created c++ programing Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie who died in the same month as jobs but received little attention. It was very sad that a person who contributed more to the development of society isnt even remembered by the public but a copy cat was remembered, even had special mentions in various shows ,who didnt do anything.

    • Avatar for SpiderWak SpiderWak says:

      It was Stroustrup who developed C++ from Ritchie’s C.

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