My brother has for a long time been saying that wherever you have a captive, seated audience you could be generating lots of power.
Think about all those long car trips you took with your family when you were younger. Just imagine how much power you could have produced.
Think movie theatres, assuming it could be made quiet enough.
Think lecture halls.
Think if it could just be springy material which generated a current (there was something about a shoe with that in the sole a while ago I think), then you could put in commonly walked on sections of pavement, or in houses.
While individually, or at once you wouldn't generate any great amount of power, over time with a good battery, and enough people it would start to add up.
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My brother has for a long time been saying that wherever you have a captive, seated audience you could be generating lots of power.
Think about all those long car trips you took with your family when you were younger. Just imagine how much power you could have produced.
Think movie theatres, assuming it could be made quiet enough.
Think lecture halls.
Think if it could just be springy material which generated a current (there was something about a shoe with that in the sole a while ago I think), then you could put in commonly walked on sections of pavement, or in houses.
While individually, or at once you wouldn't generate any great amount of power, over time with a good battery, and enough people it would start to add up.
-Etan