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UNBELIEVABLE: This teen from massachusetts has developed technology that turns footsteps or any movement into usable electricity | History Defined

United States Electricity Massachusetts 3 3M Environment Time

A 12-year-old student from Cambridge, Massachusetts, has developed a technology that could help advance cleaner energy generation by capturing power from everyday movement.

Ahmed Abdelsalam, a sixth-grade student at Darby Vassall Upper School, created VERDA, an energy-harvesting system designed to capture power from sources such as walking.

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