12th Class Indian Student Invents Shoes To Charge Your Mobile

I know I&#x27;ll get downvoted by the Indian crowd here on HN, but I feel this needs to be said:<p>This illustrates the characteristically Indian trait of mindless hero worship. Our media has a tendency to blow such things out of proportion, even if it&#x27;s immediately apparent to anyone even slightly technically competent that they are definitely not original, or as revolutionary as they are claimed to be.<p>More examples:<p>Recent coverage (in one of India&#x27;s largest newspapers): <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Guwahati-teen-scripts-ReVo-lution/articleshow/30585775.cms" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;timesofindia.indiatimes.com&#x2F;city&#x2F;guwahati&#x2F;Guwahati-te...</a><p>Thoroughly debunked: <a href="http://technofaq.org/posts/2014/02/unmasked-afreed-islam-revobook-revoixos/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;technofaq.org&#x2F;posts&#x2F;2014&#x2F;02&#x2F;unmasked-afreed-islam-rev...</a><p>or<p><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/enterprise-it/security/Indian-student-in-Cornell-University-hacks-into-ICSE-ISC-database/articleshow/20450666.cms" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;timesofindia.indiatimes.com&#x2F;tech&#x2F;enterprise-it&#x2F;securi...</a> (&quot;Hacks&quot;)

Dubious claims as ususal - &quot;Rajesh is now working on a better prototype of the model, wherein mobile or any electric device can be charged without any wires. If the person keeps the mobile in his pockets and just walks, then the battery would be charged wirelessly.&quot;

Ugh, for god&#x27;s sake please stop submitting stuff like this.

In college, one of my physics professors put it this way: Even though someone else may have discovered a law or theorem already, doesn&#x27;t make independently reasoning it out and getting to the same conclusion any less of an accomplishment.<p>Good on him for attacking a problem, and for having the wherewithal to attempt more advanced prototypes.

&gt;As per the preliminary reports, this shoe cum charger can light a bulb by placing a battery in the shoes.<p>What?

The article is horrible. Its a report on a high schools student&#x27;s project at best. Its like India longs for greatness and the media is desperate for some one to do something big.

Mobile Or Smartphone? If It&#x27;s Smartphone then it&#x27;s a great idea because In India people are demanding big screen which comes with 2000mAh (5-inch screen) So Smartphone user are facing issue with battery. If it&#x27;s mobile charger also the scenario is great because in India we have 900 million mobile device, which include 80 Million smartphone as of now. Last but not the least This setup will help India in a long run, This boy need good team member to have his company.

As mentioned in article not new but i kind of like parallel products developed. another one is <a href="http://trak.in/innovation/indian-school-girl-invents-washing-machine-without-electricity-302013/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;trak.in&#x2F;innovation&#x2F;indian-school-girl-invents-washing...</a><p>But i would rather find solution or imlement solution why power is getting cut even famous places ulike Chennai&#x2F;Bangalore on regular basis. I know one reason which poor labor work.

Awesome! I wanted to make shoes that use piezoelectricity to charge batteries in the heel or just keep warm. This kid did it!

Sounds like a fairly inefficient way to turn food into electricity. Surely it would be cheaper, faster, and more efficient to just have something like a small hand crank to generate the electricity.

Feels really good to see innovations at school level, even if it&#x27;s mostly inspiration. The practical application of what we study has been lacing in Indian education system.