TrendCentral: Harnessing the energy from your left-right-left, UK company Pavegen Systems plans to power the path you walk on. The rubber sidewalk tiles, made from 100% recycled tires, depress each time they’re stepped on. The kinetic energy generated is then converted into electricity and stored inside the tile. A very small percentage (about 5%) of that energy makes the tiles glow, while the remaining 95% powers the tiles’ environs, ranging from street lights to digital information displays to other surrounding electronics
Innovative energy solutions fuel the fight for a clean environment [TrendCentral]
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