Powering Up, One Step at a Time

by Eliza Barclay Wired News, 28 Jul 2006 British engineers are converting street vibrations into electricity and predict a working prototype by Christmas capable of powering facility lights in the busiest areas of a city. "We can harvest between 5 to 7 watts of energy per footstep that is currently being wasted into the ground," says Claire Price, director of The Facility Architects, the British firm heading up the Pacesetters Project. " And a passing train can generate very useful energy to run signaling or to power lights." Read more