[ExI] Accelerando
jameschoate at austin.rr.com
jameschoate at austin.rr.com
Tue Mar 2 05:18:31 UTC 2010
Has somebody been watching "Tokyo Zombie" again?
---- Mike Dougherty <msd001 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Seconded.
>
> I was thinking about electricity generation hooked to hamster wheels,
> but the unwanted waste output is a considerable design challenge (not
> so much per unit, but when you scale that operation up to 1GW you have
> a real logistics issue)
>
> Perhaps updating all floors with piezoelectric tiles that generate
> small amounts of current under the cyclical stresses of people walking
> around. Imagine: mall-walkers could be producing useful electricity.
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