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- Blarbo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Well gee, 60% of Americans are overweight. I don't see any negatives in them getting exercise AND an energy source.
- milkmage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7
hey Kayto - did you read the FIRST sentence? "The tremors from passing trucks, the rumblings of speeding trains, and even the pitter-patter of little feet could soon be captured and converted into energy to light walkways and buildings." - i wonder what trucks and trains have for breakfast? - noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"No digg"
Why? What about this makes it not worthy of a digg? It is a valid renewable resource because people are nto going to stop walkign any time soon (well in the US anyways). This sounds like a very clever idea and it would be nice to see it come around.
It is stupid to try and make this sound like something that is going to be a massive expenditure of our energy to obtain. - heymark, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i always thought my electro-magnetic induction shoe would take off. It even had USB power support!
- Lewie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@Kayto
I think you're missing the point. No one is claiming this is the answer to an energy crisis or cold fusion. It's simply harnessing energy that is being wasted. People eat cereal, people walk. What they are doing is turning that walking into something useful for the city. - RabidPenguins, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"The first is a staircase that will contain technology — either hydraulic or piezoelectric — in the risers to sense the kinetic energy from commuter"
The second will harness this energy and use it to power a traditional escalator for the rest of us lazy bastards. - noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I don't suppose you want to be the first to volunteer to walk around with a hose up your arse every day, hmm?
- skirkybaby, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Post the designs on Digg at once!
- Acidhinge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Y"ou don't need to be a genius to know the energy has to come from somewhere. That's right, people, no such thing as a free lunch. In this case, make sure to up the calories in your breakfast each morning to provide the foot power. No digg."
It does come from somewhere, but it isn't being used. People still walk regardless if people are harnessing it or not. - Xanin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Kayto...it's not saying to eat more to specifically power cities...it's using an EXISTING source, such as harnessing waves, etc.
- crashflow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1The title says scientist, but RTA it says an architectural firm who created the project. Anyway, very interesting way to motivate people to walk, have their cellphones and MP3 players powered by their footsteps.
- Celeron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1They could make more energy from the gas exerted out of peoples body everyday.
- hsfrey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0At least 2 devices to get power from footfalls have been described and built and used for powering personal electronics. One has convertors in the heels of shoes, the other a weight suspended in a backpack, which goes up & down with each step.
They sound like they'd be a lot more efficient than trying to squeeze some power out of the vibrations transmitted through building materials. - Dugg2Death, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Dugg.. but, would be nice to know what the energy output is..... 1 person = X KW / h =/
- kayto, on 10/12/2007, -14/+1"You don't need to be a math genius to realize that if you can harness that energy… you can actually generate a very useful power source that is currently being wasted."
You don't need to be a genius to know the energy has to come from somewhere. That's right, people, no such thing as a free lunch. In this case, make sure to up the calories in your breakfast each morning to provide the foot power. No digg.
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