About midway through his adventures, Johnny gets a new assignment. After his company takes over a footwear firm, he has to come up with a revolutionary new concept in shoes. And Johnny and his pals end up creating a couple of shoes that are green in spirit, if not in color -- including one that generates and stores its own energy as the wearer walks or runs.
Now the Toronto Star reports that a Canadian company called Bionic Power has developed -- get this -- "a knee brace that generates electricity when the person walks or runs."
Maybe Johnny and his crew weren't so crazy, after all.
Green thinking isn't as crazy as it used to be...last year Motorola unveiled a bike that could charge a mobile phone: www.engadgetmobile.com/.../motorola-to-rol
I'm thinking they might want to roll that bike out in more than emerging markets. I bike to work, and would love something like this.