---
title: "New Device Lets You Charge Your Phone Just By Walking"
description: "A kinetic charger in this work boot generates power, and that power can then be used to run GPS and sensors that detect motion, movement, and temperature. "
date: "2017-09-27"
modified: "2017-10-03"
authors:
  - name: "Dom Galeon"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/domgaleon"
url: "https://futurism.com/new-tech-lets-you-charge-your-phone-just-by-walking"
categories:
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "2017 mothers of invention"
  - "portable charger"
  - "portable gadgets"
  - "solepower"
---

# New Device Lets You Charge Your Phone Just By Walking

![solepower portable charger portable gadgets 2017 mothers of invention](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GettyImages-180476415.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: PM/Getty\</em\>*

## Power Walk

Gadgets and consumer devices, like smartphones, have become increasingly powerful, but while devices have improved, there hasn't yet been much of a difference when it comes to batteries. Heavy usage often drains batteries fast. A tech startup called [SolePower](<http://www.solepowertech.com/>) may have found a solution: charging while walking.

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/light-up-boots-SolePower-1140x760.jpg>)
*Image Credit: SolePower*

SolePower wants to put an end to battery problems by letting you charge your portables just by walking. The first step along that path is [an electric footwear called SmartBoots](<http://www.solepowertech.com/smartboots/>).

SmartBoots are an innovative product that make use of an activity most people regularly engage in. A kinetic charger in the work boot generates power from walking, and that power can then be used to run GPS and sensors that detect motion, movement, and temperature.

## Renewable and Creative

Applications for SolePower are plentiful. The company [has already partnered with SR Max/Saf-Gard](<http://www.solepowertech.com/srmax-partnership>) safety shoes to design boots that would solve problems facing industrial workers, and the footwear could eventually be used to bring power to developing nations, [where access to electricity](<http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/resources/energydevelopment/energyaccessdatabase/>) can be unreliable or altogether unavailable.

"The mission of SolePower is to make self-sustained wearables to make people's lives better," [explained founder and CEO Hahna Alexander](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzkBBUzkdMk>), during an interview for the[ 2017 Mothers of Invention](<http://paidpost.nytimes.com/toyota/mothers-of-invention-presented-by-women-in-the-world.html?srchid=sem%7cGOOGLE%7cWITW%7cWomen+In+the+World%7cGeneral_E%7cWITW_Refresh_3_25_16%7cWITW&gclid=CNna3-n5j9MCFYGONwodYiwMyQ&gclsrc=ds#sole-power>) (MOI) by Toyota. The MOI seeks to honor women who, through innovation, invention, and entrepreneurship, contribute to society and their immediate community.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzkBBUzkdMk

As mobile devices, particularly smartphones, become more ubiquitous, keeping them powered can make a significant difference in people's lives, a fact that motivates Alexander to keep moving forward with SolePower: "Science, technology, and engineering \[are\] the future. And when you do create something that's solving compelling problems for people, it does feel good."

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*Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct errors regarding the design and development of SmartBoots.*

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-john-galeon-9b086925/>)  
[Twitter](<https://x.com/domgaleon>)