Human Powered dance clubs, gyms, and soon to be homes ?
An Italian inventor Lucien Gambarota has invented a way for gyms and dance clubs to become self sufficient as far as energy. In the clubs there is a moving floor in which there are coils and magnets underneath the floor and as people dance on top of it, they create a charge in which is transferred to batteries to be stored. The gym works in a much more traditional way, the stationary bikes will create the energy which will be stored in batteries as well. This idea is in the process of being developed for homes, but can you imagine a 7 year old having to peddle his way to watching his favorite cartoons? This idea is being thought of as a way to fight the child hood obesity issue this country is facing. As kids may be a little more receptive of this new idea but the dad whos worked all day and just wants to sit and watch the news and drink a beer is probably a lot less likely to want to "workout" to watch it. This article discusses in more detail what one of these pedal machines creates the energy and how it works. http://www.windstreampower.com/Human_Power_Generator.php
it states with one turn it can create up to 60 watts of power.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/08/01/Human.power/index.html
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