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Harvesting kinetic energy from every footstep.

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Kevin William David
@kwdinc · Community @Siftery. No 1 Hunter on PH🥇
Turns every step into renewable energy, all of which can be used to power applications such as pedestrian lighting, way-finding solutions and advertising signage. The tiles are wifi enabled which means the energy collected can all be tracked. Cities can also track where the highest level of footfall is, i.e. where people are walking most.
ryan borker
@borker · Founder, Shortlist and Hisabo Tea
Is this energy / cost efficient? I.E. Is the mechanism itself (foot traffic generated energy) required and relevant to have the lighting, advertising, and way-finding? I love the idea of these kinds of unique installations (reminds me a bit of Sistine Solar in the sense of transforming our ideas of energy generation). But I always wonder whether the full … See more