Pavegen To Tap Pedestrians For Power In the UK 197
An anonymous reader writes "Several years ago Laurence Kembell-Cook unveiled Pavegen floor tiles, which capture kinetic energy from footsteps and convert it to electricity. Now after two years of product testing and picking up a slew of awards across the U.K., Pavegen has received its first commercial order — to light up the new Westfield Stratford City Shopping Centre."
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I was curious how much energy these things produce:
It produces 2.1 watts for how long? 1 second? 100ms? I guess it could make some LEDs flash.
Also:
Wow. Will his prize be in the form of a giant cartoon-style weight with "10,000 lbs" written on it? Perhaps they'll drop it on his house.