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

Kohei Hayamizu has a bold vision for the future: a city that is in itself an electric power station. A place where all its roads, bridges and sidewalks generate electricity from the vibrations produced by the cars and people that move over them.

+Read the article in OurWorld magazine:
http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/2008/12/15/lets_generate_electricity_by_walking/

速水浩平氏は、将来に向けた大きなビジョンを持っている。発電する街を作ろうというのだ。道路、橋、歩道を通る人や車の振動を電気に変える仕組みを発明した。

http://ourworld.unu.edu/jp/2008/12/15/lets_generate_electricity_by_walking/

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• clean energy
• eco-innovation
• electricity
• Japan
• Shibuya
• Tokyo
• エコ・イノベーション
• 電気
• 発電床
• 速水浩平
• 渋谷

[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.

[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.

[mibazeer88]

@UNUChannel I guess university invest alot in their students.