A gym powered by exercise!
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more from Tech:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7796215.stm
"A US gym has installed specially-adapted exercise bikes that recycle energy generated by people as they work out.The Green Microgym in Portland, Oregon, aims to be a carbon neutral exercise facility through the use of solar power and human-generated energy from clients as they pedal and run.
"The big challenge has been finding the right equipment and adapting the technology," says Adam Boesel, the gym owner.
The science behind generating electricity from gym equipment is not new. For decades people have been using dynamos on their bikes to power the front and rear lamps. Generating power in a gym setting is based on the same principle.
"If you think about a gym, almost all of the exercise equipment has a spinning wheel, and if you can spin a wheel you can make electricity, just like a windmill makes electricity," explains Mr Boesel."
Awesome! It's a no brainer! I hope to see this idea take off! Get more info and see a video at the link!
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MilesTurner
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We have a gym in Spain, and our electric bills are killing us!! How do we set a eco gym,,, who can sell us the machines. We need this, love the idea. Somebody please contact me milesturner@vibesa.com
- 11 months ago
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MilesTurner
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sesml2001
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Seems like Fred Flinstone had it right - go peddle power.
- 1 year ago
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sesml2001
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CarolynGillis
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I also think buses or light rail could be powered by this means..self powered..then shower and go to work.
- 1 year ago
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CarolynGillis
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Wesnology61
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This is a great idea....until our future robot overlords use this technology to turn us into there batteries.
- 1 year ago
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Wesnology61
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Commentor
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I actually thought of this many years ago l saw an exhibit at a museum on electricity that you peddled a generator to power various devices.
There was also a TV show where the children were made to ride a modified exercise bike if they wanted to watch TV rather than play outside.
- 1 year ago
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sesml2001
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way to go. Hope to see more of this type of creative thinking and implementation by private, corporate and government enterprises.
- 1 year ago
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sesml2001
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nazbags
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This is an awesome idea, it makes perfect sense ... why let all that energy go to waste?
- 1 year ago
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nazbags
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naty_forty
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Oh that is a great idea, like killing two birds with one stone... figuratively.
- 1 year ago
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naty_forty
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Lazybones
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Hmm. Great idea. Personally i rather workout outside.
- 1 year ago
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Lazybones
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larkjl86
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Wow, I had that idea running through my head 2 months ago before but then turned it down after thinking it would probably never create efficient energy out of it.
Ah, if I thought of it earlier and had more hope in it!
- 1 year ago
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larkjl86
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footystud
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too bad this wasn't done sooner... capitalism isn't keeping up obviously...nobody thought of this sooner??? Honestly if i wasn't in diapers 20 years ago when this workout-aholic trend started I would have done it
- 1 year ago
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footystud
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KefKef
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The first two weeks, people show up everyday.
Third week, they start missing a day or two.
Fifth week, they show up once a week.
Nineth week, they show up once a month.
Twelveth, they don't show up anymore.
- 1 year ago
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KefKef
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cantucwearebrothers
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KefKef:
Pessimist!! =P
- 1 year ago
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cantucwearebrothers
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quixotic12
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KefKef:
If that were true for all people, no gym's would ever survive as businesses.
- 1 year ago
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quixotic12
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oneofthree
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YAY!
- 1 year ago
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oneofthree
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Cuddlebones
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How cute! Shouldn't all gyms be this way? It makes more sense... it's a motivates people to keep running so they can watch the TV screen.
- 1 year ago
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Cuddlebones
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pjacobs51
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"Obesity powers America" a headline we might see in the near future>
- 1 year ago
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pjacobs51
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cantucwearebrothers
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This gym has been open for a while now actually.
- 1 year ago
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cantucwearebrothers
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DeliaTheArtist
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cantucwearebrothers:
How's it going? Does it work well? Do people go? Got some info you can hook us up with?
- 1 year ago
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DeliaTheArtist
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cantucwearebrothers
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cantucwearebrothers:
Here's a link to their website.
They also pay you for the amount of time you are generating power for them.
- 1 year ago
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cantucwearebrothers
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DeliaTheArtist
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cantucwearebrothers:
That is SWEET!
- 1 year ago
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DeliaTheArtist
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BuddyP
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This is a simple, yet genius! No surprise it is in Oregon.
- 1 year ago
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BuddyP
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DeliaTheArtist
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It is still inefficient, but hopefully ideas like this will push the technology. I mean an exercise powered gym, just like the dance powered night club, are such GREAT ideas, they are no brainers!
- 1 year ago
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DeliaTheArtist
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RaceBannon
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Cool idea. Human energy conversion is still inefficient though, but hey its a very good effort nonetheless.
- 1 year ago
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RaceBannon
