Lets generate electricity by walking! 歩いて献電しよう！

[mphello]

Fantastic job, Japan!

[USAneedsaChange]

awesome work Japan! From Sweden

[IronTiger63]

So if we just install these in all of the Dance Dance Revolution arcade cabinets in Japan...

No. Impossible. So much electricity.

[UNUChannel]

Perhaps installing it on the highway may be the next experiment. It certainly makes sense.

[mibazeer88]

@UNUChannel This was on Science Zero. It is already done but not enough power to power household yet. He managed to create enough power to light the bridge. The main problem is creating enough power.

[UNUChannel]

@mibazeer88 Thanks for this comment. Good to see that he is making some progress with this work. It is really a good idea, but as you point out, still has a way to go.

[mibazeer88]

@UNUChannel to be honest I am working on a similar concept and trying ever so hard to get investors. Is it easier in Japan rather then the UK for inventors to make a name?

[UNUChannel]

@mibazeer88 Not sure really if it is easier for inventors to make a name in Japan. Hayamizu has the advantage of having a big university like Keio University backing him.

[mibazeer88]

@UNUChannel I guess university invest alot in their students.

[SunnyMoon2010]

why not install it on freeway ? There is a lot more traffic and vibration.

[archimech1138]

This is on the right track to piezoelectric power solutions, however, the promo sign uses way more energy than the pad produces.

Try 1000 pads around Shibuya-, people would eventually dance on them for fun and make power while burning fat, think about it. Pretty cool idea....lets see some more pads please.

[smoothntallGWM]

Definitely not cost effective for the tiny quantities of energy converted (from extra human effort, or more gas burned for car's extra effort). It's all about energy CONVERSION, this mat does not make energy - it takes human effort and converts it into electricity. Nice try anyway.