So far I've been researching the legality of our product design to make sure that it doesn't interfere with the kinetic energy charger already on the market (Tremont Electric's nPower peg) and other available technologies.
And so far, we haven't seen anything that follows the same design constructed by Max - a hockey puck-shaped contraption in which powerful neodymium magnets (or any affordable rare earth magnets) travel in a circular fashion within copper coils as the user walks in order to generate an electromagnetic field.
For next week, we'll have to focus on the generator portion of our product, how we can take this energy and harvest it into a battery. We don't anticipate that we'll be working hands-on with circuits and magnets and everything next week, but it would certainly be a bonus if we could. For now, we must keep driving our research even further in order to continue our goal of creating an innovative, efficient product.
1) Can you start making a list of different kinetic energy charger designs including model, manufacturer, operating principle, patent number(s), power rating, voltage, strength, limitation, price, etc.? The list can be in Word or Excel document.
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Also, each member's role/tasks/goals need to be assigned.
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