Hahna Alexander, CEO & founder of SolePower, created a sole insert for shoes and boots that store electricity in battery packs. This electricity is created by walking. How creative that you can harness electricity just by walking with these sole inserts in your shoes. This idea is so simple yet so effective, as everyone has had to charge their phone or other device when not having any power. The best part is that you can charge anything by using a USB charger. The say on the website “EXPLORE. ESCAPE. EMPOWER WITH ENSOLES” fits perfectly with the product.
The fact that 1 hour of walking can give you enough battery to talk on the phone for 30 minutes is amazing. This recharging market has been here a while with rechargeable cases and battery packs, but never have I seen an option to recharge my phone using this kind of rechargeable devices. It is definitely a niche market that I could see growing in the future. Even though this is a little more expensive rechargeable device, it is a new take that I can see succeeding.
I think this is a great example of entrepreneurship, detecting the problem of charging personal devices and solving it with something we do everyday. As someone who enjoys hiking and being out doors, this is perfect for me because there are few to no ways to charge devices out in the boondocks.
This is really cool and I definitely want a pair now! As a hiker and avid outdoor person I would use these everywhere I went and I wouldn’t have to worry about my cellphone battery, especially when in the middle of the wilderness. I definitively see this succeeding in the outdoor enthusiast niche.
I totally need a pair of these. I have an old iphone and its battery life is about three hours. If I could get my hands on a pair of these they would be very helpful as I wouldn’t have to walk around with a dead phone all the time.
I could see this being especially useful for tourists, hikers, and camper. People would have a way to charge their phones when away from their homes, and since an hour of walking generates about thirty minutes of energy, it seem like a great way to ensure you have a way to make a call in case of an emergency, and it isn’t reliant on the weather like solar energy or wind. I think this is a nice start to something that has the potential of becoming something truly great.
Since it’s a new product I would guess it’s relatively pricey, but it would be interesting to see if this could be adapted a little bit to provide electricity in emerging economies. There is a need for electricity in places where it may be partially developed but there isn’t an electrical infrastructure in place. The only problem with the product the way it’s currently set up is that it would need more electricity than what is being produced in order to heat a hot plate or another essential item.