New eco-nightclub where dancers generate electricity

very innovative way of thinking, I love the idea!

totally great idea. people always talk about how they wish they could bottle up the energy of others and how rich they could get from it. they need to see this NOW!

This is an interesting experiment. I wonder how it will do?

But what's 'polycarbon' and what's 'eco' about it?

Maybe another club idea would be one that's never open. they'd save a lot of energy that way. heh.

big ups dnb crew

This could be highly beneficial in countries other than the US because as Americans we do not dance up and down, we grind up and down.

Now, you can get crunk, drunk, and save the earth, all in the same building.

i think its a very thoughtful way to convert the energy to power the club, whether its about hype or not the concept just proves that there is so much we can do to "go green" not that the earth wont shake us off like a case of fleas in a few thousand years...

yeah

This is the kind of thinking we need to excite people about helping the environment!

This is a fantastic idea. A great way to change the world for the better/

There used to be a club in Lexington that had wooden joists as the structure beneath the floor and when the people would get up to dance, the entire floor would bounce about six inches up and down, so the speculation about this idea not working...is false...

This is a great idea...put something like this under the path of the lobbyists treading to and fro on 'Capitol Hill' and all of DC would be powered up...

MRsmithers, everyone knows your a dyed in the wool oil freak hell bent on destroying the planet...Can't you come up with anything original besides oil B.S and a pathetic attempt to disparage the very thoughtful and responsible Al Gore..?

Everything sounds reasonable, except the pledge they have to sign to get in, stating they will work towards bettering the environment. That sounds a little over-the-top, and a lost cause on that part.

Oh, neat!
That floor sounds incredibly awesome. Why had no one thought of something like that before?

why does it seem like there are more efforts being made over sees to improve on energy sources than in the u.s.??

What a clever, clever idea. I'll bet the dance floor would be nice and springy, too, which makes for some really fun dancing. I can hear the kids now - "I have to go to the club to dance so we can have a movie at school tomorrow." I love it when someone comes up with a fun way to go green. I'd really like to see these places in the US.

With this club scheduled to open July 10, it would be great if Current UK could be there for the opening and to make a pod to show us how the dance floor works. Anyone?

this should be in every night club.

no it will not solve the energy crisis, but it is a step in the right direction as we are looking into new technologies.

I have a novel approach. Stay home after work, go to sleep at nightfall, get up at dawn and go to work, return home after work, eat some homegrown chicken and eggs, and go to sleep. You then will be truly "green"! No lanterns, lights, TV, internet, or porn! Mother Earth will love you!

If we had a floor like that in every pre-school and daycare in America, we'd have our energy problems solved.

That looks amazing, America should get placeslike that, and try to cut back.. it seems like everything is used in excess here.

very innovative...i'm definitely interested in playing @ this space when its up & running!

I'd say the drink prices should be relative to how much power is generated

cool, I wonder if anyone got the idea to put this kind of technology in the floors of basketball games? They could probably power several city blocks from all the movement going on there...

This is the most moronic post I have ever seen. Outside of porn sites suggesting sex with aliens! Or the crop circle posts!

Does anyone on the internet get an education before spouting this drivel? "Wow", "Kewl", give me break! Take some science classes , maybe some physic's classes, otherwise, just shut the f**k up!

Do you think the dancer's draw their energy from Magic dust in the air! No, they ingest calories, and convert them to energy, very poorly, I might add. There are, of course, by products of this energy. But I am sure that even you idiots can figure this out! Take a class in Physics and stop cluttering the internet with stupidity! " Now, I feel much better"!!! God, Bless!

amazing idea...

Wow, eco-friendly solutions are always so creative and interesting! Too bad America loves its oil money so much! Maybe soon? I'd love to be in a club like that!

Wow, what a great idea! We need one of these in every city. Whatever happened to generating power from the waves in the San Francisco Bay?

Humans are an efficient energy source. They should power gyms like this by using the treadmills and bikes as sources of energy.

thats awesome. soon with clubs like that and h2o cars, the planet can begin healing!

This sounds pretty KEWL!!! A place where the celebration of life generates sustaiable energy!!! How soon 'til we see them in the U.S???

How fun is that. Creative and useful too!!

I wish they had one in my town... I may be considered old to some but I can still bust a move. LOL. Seriously, this would be great for towns that need something for the local younger population to do too. You know, instead of having gang wars, go dance it off and make electricity in the process.

They are doing this in health clubs too. Hooking up the treadmills to power the lights.

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this places a lot of pressure on the dj to keep people on the dance floor! just joking.

im moving to london in september...and i'll be living down the street from kings cross...

...please lord, have this club be open by the time i get there!!!!

really cool

WOWW!! WHAT A CONCEPT, A WAY OF DANCING TO MAKE ELECTRICITY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. AND I THOUGHT I SAW EVERYTHING, THIS IS SOMETHING.

Is this ambitious piezo-technology all it's cracked up to be? I searched it and came up with a bunch of pessimistic blogs out there, but I am interested to see this pan out.

How hard is this stuff to keep clean?

Gabba will no doubt be fueling the fire!

UK Jungle in the house!

awesomely awesome awesomeness. we need creative ideas from the private sector to meet our energy needs. there are probably hundreds of thousands of private individuals thinking up ways to harness alternative energy that major companies will never think up. the 21st century should be the age of the eccentric at-home inventor and the creative, radical entrepreneur.

way to go eco-nightclub!

Great idea. Simple. No energy goes to waste.

i'm hoping to try this same concept out on my bed , and power my state .

Man that's awesome. Wish stuff like that would grow here in the States, or anything even similar.

Great!
Now you can go to the club, dance, get drunk, try to score and save the planet while doing so!
Genius! :D

I bet he got the idea from DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION! Kudos!

Totally cool.
Wish they had one in Santa Fe.

not to be the skeptic in this group, but would all the dancers have to jump up and down at the same time? But regardless, one of the coolest ideas I've seen in a while. It's all about producing electricity locally.

That is one of the coolest idea I've seen!

These are the kinds of ideas we need to fix all of our energy problems!!!! PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING!!!
(we need one of these in USA)

That's a fantastic idea and not because it's Eco friendly, but because it's creative and ingenious.

I bet a hardcore punk club could generate more power than a coal plant.

Can we go ahead and install these floors in malls across America?

Groovy!

HA, awesome!

that looks pretty cool. just need some drum an bass and the ravers will be powering the train station next door in no time.

That is pretty awesome...Add some jumpstyle dancers and you will have no problem making energy.