Walk and Talk For Hours Using Shoe Power

Taking the stairs could mean more time between charges for your phone.

Researchers at University of Wisconsin at Madison have developed a shoe insert that uses the impact of your strides to generate electricity for your phone. The prototype footwear-embedded harvester consists of two pouches filled with nanoparticle liquid metal called galinstan. It generates electrical current as it is forced through narrow channels, a process the researchers call reverse electrowetting. Power is stored in a battery in the arch of the shoe.

Other kinetic energy harvesters use piezoelectrics, which feature crystal sheets that polarize and produce energy through movement.

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Dell Vostro 360 All-In-One Desktop PC for China

Dell has released its new Vostro 360 All-In-One PC on the China Market. It is a 23-inch All-In-One PC that packs the power of an Intel Core i3-2100 or Core i5-2400S processors, it gets up to 4GB of RAM, an integrated Intel HD 2000 graphics card or the user can add the dedicated NVIDIA GeForce GT525M graphics card to enhanced the devices performance.

It gets a 23-inch Full HD LED-backlit display with optional touchscreen display, it packs Bluetooth 3.0 and WiFi 802.11 b/g/n plus an integrated 2-megapixel webcam as well. Other specifications of the Vostro 360 includes an 8-in-1 card reader, a two 2.5W speakers and up to 1TB of Hard Drive storage.

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Facebook Friday – Mushkin Ventura Pro 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive

Legit Reviews is proud to announced that we are well into our third month of our Facebook Friday promotion! We have given away roughly $2000 in brand new PC hardware over the past two months on Facebook and this week we have another great sponsor and some killer hardware that you can win if you are lucky on Monday! This week the promotion is being sponsored by Mushkin Enhanced and the prize is a brand new Ventura Pro 64GB USB 3.0 Drive! It doesn’t get any better than this folks! You can join in on this here!

Introducing Ventura Pro, the professional’s choice for fast, reliable USB 3.0 USB data storage.

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Misery at Acer: ‘Breaking even this year is impossible’

Acer has announced its first-ever quarterly loss as a veritable vortex of inventory backlogs, internal reshuffling, sluggish PC demand and runaway iPad popularity chewed through its profits.

The Taiwanese firm’s loss after tax was NT$6.8bn ($236m), according to its preliminary results, which came from “$150m in sales allowance to clear channel inventory in EMEA, $30m for cost of EMEA reorganisation, inventory clear-up due to sluggish economic situation, and senior executive severance pay”.

The troubles started for netbook giant Acer with the arrival and subsequent soaring popularity of tablets, particularly the iPad.

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Robotector iPhone Cases

If you want an iPhone case that is not so ear-catching or rather, eye-catching, then the range of Robotector iPhone Cases will definitely do the job, and do it well, of course. Retailing for $24.99 a pop, this particular iPhone case does somewhat function in the same manner as that of a Terminator skin for your iPhone. Made out of tough and durable silicone, it is perfect to keep your precious handset protected against any future robot uprisings!

The arms on this particular iPhone case makes sure that you will always have an adequate enough grip on it so that during those hour long conversations with your other half who resides a few thousand miles away, you will always have a sure grip on it, never letting your sweaty palms get in the way of it even once.

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