Next, plugged-in people!

Yesterday, as we were walking on the multi-users trail we were passed by a bunch of riders on e-bikes and my wife asked me “Do they have to recharge their electric bikes after each use?” 

I kind of responded, tongue and cheek: “Yeah, they do, just like they do with their mobile phones, smart watches and other electronics, and soon they might have to do it for themselves when technology finds a way to recharge us all!” But in fact, why not? 

When we are tired, on our knees, or just getting older, wouldn’t it be great to get a jolt of current to recharge or regenerate our failing bodies and dwindling strengths to get us going for more and even more? 

As we evolved as a species and lost our tail, we could recover that appendage under the form of an electrical plug that we’d carry around, and when needed, enable us to receive a needed charge to erase that lost energy and replace it by some extra to help us reach that proverbial extra mile. 

It could very well be that the new “fountain of youth” might be found in lithium batteries, a regenerated tail as a plug-in cord and ubiquitous human charging stations just like we now see them all around for electric cars!