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Smart floors convert footsteps to free energy
There's free energy floating around everywhere. The trick is figuring out how to harness it. Some smartypants at MIT are working on a special floor that harnesses energy from footsteps, turning your walking into lighting above your head.
The fancy, efficient floors could be used in commuter-heavy areas like airports or shopping malls, helping cut down on energy consumption and making such places more self-reliant. The floors will feel a bit different than normal floors however, depressing a bit when stepped on. The effect will feel like walking on solid sand, so we'll have to wait and see if that odd sensation will prevent people from installing it. Somehow I think that if it saves money, people will get over sinking in a bit with each step.
By johnmiller9975 at 3:22 PM ON 08/02/07
Since there would be a loss of inertia, they could market it as a way to burn more calories.
By masterofstuff at 4:58 PM ON 08/02/07
yes come walk around the mall and get a fat burning experience. "all i did is walk and the pounds fell off". In a related story husbands are not happy that their wives are spending all day at the mall. But in another related story consumer sales are way up.
By masterofstuff at 4:58 PM ON 08/02/07
yes come walk around the mall and get a fat burning experience. "all i did is walk and the pounds fell off". In a related story husbands are not happy that their wives are spending all day at the mall. But in another related story consumer sales are way up.
By masterofstuff at 4:59 PM ON 08/02/07
yes come walk around the mall and get a fat burning experience. "all i did is walk and the pounds fell off". In a related story husbands are not happy that their wives are spending all day at the mall. But in another related story consumer sales are way up.
By masterofstuff at 5:00 PM ON 08/02/07
oh crap triple post
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