The Electric Backpack

“For all your trail gadgets:
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20051005/Note3.asp”

“Thats pretty far out there man!”

“One day I'll be able to take my notebook.”

“The grin on that guys face looks really fake.”

“What are all the wires in his left hand? Are they extension cords for other people, who don't have this generating pack," to plug in? :-)”

“They connect to the Love Ring thats making him smile like that”

“Dayhiker....I am assuming that is not Lightweight packing right?”

“It's robotic. It does the work for you. At least, that's what it's supposed to do. Notice the look of exertion on my face in the pic.”

“A few bugs to work out, huh?”

“The feco-remover still has a few kinks.”

“doesn't that contraption need some counter-weight on the front?”

“WOW dayhiker. I'd hate to have a runaway process in that thing.

I don't know how you stand in the thing, in terms of the center of gravity.”

“This is an add-on to the first post on this thread. The guy that invented that electricity-generating backpack is taking the weight-shifting concept to make another new pack (that looks a lot like the electric one). This new pack will reduce the energy needed to carry a pack by 40% since you won't be lifting the pack up several centimeters each time you take a step.

http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn10835-bouncy-backpack-seriously-lightens-the-load.html”