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With the increased attention surrounding alternative energy sources, scientists are looking for to harness power from a host of unexpected places -- so it's really no surprise that at least a few of them have decided to focus on women's chests. Because really, why not?

Just last month lingerie-lovers the world over were making noise about the new solar-powered bra -- a gadget that, while it uses the breasts as its vehicle, is really designed to capture the energy of the sun (obviously). However, a new invention seeks to harness something that, though well-studied by many generations of adolescent males, has up to this point been, shall we say, somewhat mysterious -- the kinetic energy of the bouncing boob.

I swear I'm not making this up. It's already possible to make a device strong enough to power your USB gadgets that operates solely on energy provided by the rising and falling of your chest while breathing. So, considering that the ladies can oscillate up to 35 inches during exercise, it really isn't that ridiculous to think that this energy could be converted to power your iPod while jogging.

In fact, the technology that would make this a reality (most notably fabric filled with energy-harnessing nanowires) already exists, and is on track to be commercially available in t-shirts (or even bras) in five years. Now they just need to work out the jock-strap charger for guys, and we'll never need to plug in our iPods again!

[via Treehugger]