Let's face it, we take the energy available to us for granted. Although we grumble at the pumps when paying ever increasing prices for gasoline in order to move us around, at the same time, many people spend hours a week on stationary exercise machines, frittering away precious energy in order to burn off the excess energy from the food we consume.
In Hong Kong, one person is doing something about it. By hooking up the gym equipment to a battery, the gym is able to harness the energy produced by its customers in order to power the lights and tv's!
Not only that, but some people have plans to utilize energy produced by people in their everyday lives in creative ways. Devices that capture the energy of a person in their everyday, regular routines has been dubbed 'Parasitic' generators. Pretty cool!
Read all about it here.
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