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Party Power The Power Wellies use the heat of your feet ... cellphone charged. Gotwind.org
First the British invented waterproof Wellington boots; ...
The European telecom firm Orange, which sponsors the hug ...

Orange's Prototype Power-Welly Boots Are Made For Charging | Popular Science
http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2010-06/these-boots-are-made-charging?

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Party Power The Power Wellies use the heat of your feet to keep your cellphone charged. Gotwind.org

First the British invented waterproof Wellington boots; now they've invented a way to derive power from those boots. Could corduroy-friction-power be far off?

The European telecom firm Orange, which sponsors the huge Glastonbury Festival at the end of June, is promoting its new "Power Wellies" as a means for festivalgoers to keep their cellphones charged.

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<br> <div class="associations image-center"> <img src="http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/articles/wellies.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-article_image_large"> <div class="summary"> <span class="img-title">Party Power</span><span class="img-summary"> The Power Wellies use the heat of your feet to keep your cellphone charged. </span> <span class="pic-credit">Gotwind.org</span> </div> </div> <!--paging_filter--><p>First the British invented waterproof Wellington boots; now they've invented a way to <a href="http://www.gotwind.org/orange_power_wellies.htm#" target="_blank">derive power from those boots.</a> Could corduroy-friction-power be far off?</p> <p>The European telecom firm Orange, which sponsors the huge Glastonbury Festival at the end of June, is promoting its new "Power Wellies" as a means for festivalgoers to keep their cellphones charged. </p>