Green | May 07, 2009 | 11 comments

Let’s generate electricity by walking!

source: http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/2008/12/15/lets_generate_electricity_by_walking/

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Kohei Hayamizu has a bold vision for the future: a city that is in itself an electric power station. A place where all its roads, bridges and sidewalks generate electricity from the vibrations produced by the cars and people that move over them.
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11 comments // Let’s generate electricity by walking!

  • MdrnHpp33
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      MdrnHpp33  

    • So when should we expect this in the big cities like NY who walk everywhere?
      Can cats trigger it? If so I want one in my living room!!

    • 3 years ago
  • Saladin
  • openmind
  • jay_ct
  • eppin002
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      eppin002  
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    • Someone in the U.S. has come up with this idea as well. It's quite an interesting product/concept. I did a mini report on it for one of my classes and if i recall correctly, it was proposed to be used on sidewalks if the U.S. was chosen to host the Olympics.

    • 3 years ago
  • Gloibin
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      Gloibin  

    • I just submitted this idea as part of an assignment a few weeks ago:

      19. A sidewalk that somehow harnesses the power of people stomping on it all day – I know this is a bit outlandish, but I’ve always thought of people walking as a gigantic waste of energy. In a dense area, the heat associated with friction from many feet hitting the ground must amount to some significant amount of energy that can be retrieved.

      Fuck.

    • 3 years ago
  • lifeinaraindrop
  • Saladin
  • eta
  • iamfree
  • fullbam
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      fullbam  

    • wow if we install these pads in high traffic areas of cities all over the world I think that we could really lessen our carbon foot print. Places like tokyo, new york and london would be the perfect cities to try this out in.

    • 3 years ago
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