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"Crowd Farm" to Collect Energy?
Cain writes to mention that a couple of MIT students would like to harness the mechanical power of large groups of people. "A Crowd Farm in Boston's South Station railway terminal would work like this: A responsive sub-flooring system made up of blocks that depress slightly under the force of human steps would be installed beneath the station's main lobby. The slippage of the blocks against one another as people walked would generate power through the principle of the dynamo, a device that converts the energy of motion into that of an electric current."
I love this! If they install something like this on the streets around me I am going to send the electric company a bill for my time to generate their power ... what am I a giant hamster to them?!
-- Josh
"Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me!" - Pete Conrad
3 to 4 year olds.
We could power a small coutry if we installed these in pre-schools.
Space Cadet
You had me at sandwich.
I had a great idea like this once. I called it the "Jump to Conclusions Mat".
Cool! Amazing Toys.
And, more importantly, because, as Confucius say:
Man who go through turnstile sideways, is going to Bangkok.
Apology to Ubuntu forum.
Forget dance clubs- put these in child daycares and you could probably close half the power plants...