People with artificial heart will soon be able to go for long walks without fear for their lives. A team of students from rice University (Texas, USA) offers a win-win option: charge a vital organ right in the middle of walking. For this they developed a special device that attaches to the knee joint of the patient. It produces 4 watts of energy and through the wire charges the lithium ion battery of the heart.

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People with artificial heart will soon be able to go for long walks without fear for their lives. A team of students from rice University (Texas, USA) offers a win-win option: charge a vital organ right in the middle of walking. For this they developed a special device that attaches to the knee joint of the patient. It produces 4 watts of energy and through the wire charges the lithium ion battery of the heart.

Modified medical brace to the legs with integrated motor generates energy every time the user bends the knee. The main challenge for the team of young students began to make the bracket more easy and comfortable to wear, but even the current version of the tool (and it is not yet final) will take you on a long walk without much discomfort.

Future modifications should get rid of the wires. Doubt that it will be able to do very little, because recently heart generator from students from rice was attached to the shoes and was not a part of the pedal, and now even people in old age.