Remember the last time the battery on your cellphone died in the middle of a conversation? Tom Krupenkin, a UW-Madison physicist and researcher, sympathizes. Actually, he?s done more than that. He and another university scientist may have come up with a way to dramatically extend the life of a cellphone battery. And here?s the really nifty part: Their invention will allow you to keep your phone charged simply by walking.
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