Heat to the Beat

I was always wondering why we couldn’t hook up all those bicycles at gyms to the grid and how much energy all those cumulative fitness folks create could power our cities, or at least the TV and stereo systems that are always on at gyms. Now it seems that dancing on a floor designed to soak up the power generated by movement is a step closer to reality.

How the beat of our feet can generate power | Science | The Observer.

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