PROJECT 95 (Sikorsky Challenge Junior)

City: Kyiv

Project manager:  Elizaveta Voitovich

Technology Readiness Level: 5

In Ukraine persistent attacks cause destruction of military, industrial, residential infrustructures. Household consumers suffer from power outage. However, the need in constant power for the devices for our military defenders is not the last problem as well. 

Idea of the project is creation of piezoelectric insole, based on using piezoelements, that will generate electrical energy by human`s walking. The special stand was created for surveying proposed technology so that we can measure accumulated electrical energy while human`s locomotion from 2 locations of piezoelements on the insole – metatarsal heads and heel. The results obtained during the study on the sample of people show that metatarsal heads are the most optimal location for the piezoelements. However, combined option with the simultaneous placing the elements on the heel will provide much better results. The current results have become a basis for further development of the proposed insole.

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