What did little Johnny’s mother do when she caught him zapping the other children with static electricity?
She grounded him.
MajesticFxxkingEagle on
That just sounds like slavery, with extra steps.
catskilkid on
Those are the goobleboxes from Rick’s Microverse.
BaneRiders on
A small step on the way to the office, one giant leap for metro commuters environmentalism
charlsalash on
It makes walking way less efficient, probably not ideal for eldery people
mariuszmie on
Wow an actual item that IS interesting as fuck for a change!
MiloGaoPeng on
It revolves around the theory of energy conservation. Energy cannot be created or destroyed. It has to go somewhere. And if we can capture them and streamline the conversions, then maybe we don’t need to rely that much on natural gas or fuels.
What does that mean: “taking advantage at the Asian level”
Five_High on
While we’re at it, why not attach wind turbines on the tops of cars and connect mills to revolving doors
jupiter_0505 on
Smart idea, only downside is it would make walking on those surfaces more tiresome. Which i guess could also be seen as a good thing cause it’s exercise
monkeybuttsauce on
Max_Pow3rs on
thats awesome, but how long is the life cycle of those piles and their components / how often do they need to be repaired or swapped out?
I wonder if those piles could be installed on slow and busy streets, where cars drive over them.
Cars could produce so much energy, even when driving slowly over the piles.
Allthough it would be higher strain on them.
if its a low speed street with max 10 to 15mph or so, the slightly wobbly ground would probabaly not make much of a difference.
here in my country we have so called “play streets” in residential areas where the speed limits is 7kmh (4,4mph).
in those places it could maybe work, especially if they are installed on the intersections where many cars cross over.
Chester-Ming on
This is such a bullshit technology that doesn’t solve a problem.
It costs way more to develop, manufacture, install and maintain these floor tiles than they generate in electricity that could have been easily and cheaply bought from the grid.
sdswiki on
There’s a guy in r/3Dprinting who’s working on this concept except from the standpoint of dangling them from trees so the wind can provide the movement.
remishnok on
1 step is not enough to light 10 bulbs for 20 seconds.
It might lught an LED for 5 if you’re lucky
miracle-meat on
They’re not producing much energy.
A single panel being stepped on produces about 0.1 watts for a second.
Wotown22 on
Doing such a thing makes you exert more energy to get from A to B. It might as well be a walking tax.
Hmm. So just create a moderately heavy mechanical device with wheels that moves forward a little using little bit of electricity with a slightly side-turned wheels. Fill the floor of a roller skating center with these tiles and connect them to an energy storage unit. Wire a connection to the wheeled mechanical device via top from the energy storage unit to syphon electricity for its functionality (similar to go-carts connected to the top in theme parks). Leave the device rolling in big circle within that building to generate unlimited energy.
Spunge14 on
Sourcing the materials and manufacturing these things probably costs a fortune in power. Bet the break even date is long after the caps are melted.
Tango-Turtle on
“Back in 2008, a power generating floor was installed in a Japanese train station. More than 400,000 people walk through the station daily, yet the tiles may only provide enough electricity to power some of the LED lighting”.
Power the city – yeah right, this video is full of fake info.
What a waste of resources to power a few LEDs…
Azipear on
A stampede can probably power a toaster and all the materials probably took 100x the energy to make than this garbage will ever produce. That’s being generous.
rubiksalgorithms on
Do this in sports stadiums
nuraHx on
OP explain that title pls
DespoticLlama on
Energy doesn’t come from nowhere… all those people would’ve had a slightly harder walk to get to their destination. They’ll make up for that by eating more. More food consumption or less food waste… who knows?
bkw_17 on
They will trip.
LionyxML on
Isn’t is literally STEAL human energy, thus, food, and pretending it is FREE?
gwizonedam on
This is just slavery with extra steps.
compleks_inc on
This just seems like slavery with extra steps.
kaptainkarl1 on
Probably just power screens with annoying ads.
Scrappy_Kitty on
Very interesting concept. Since we are living in the gloom and doom days, let’s think of ways this technology can be used to control the masses (as it goes with a lot of technology). I’ll go first:
Create a city where these are the only source of power. Now mandate energy quotas forcing people to walk a for a certain time so they can have electricity that night.
freshggg on
I mean these things have to be harder to walk across than a flat surface. The fact that you’re putting energy into them means that you’re expending extra energy walking in a straight line than you would without them.
gigaflops_ on
This is stupid. Where do humans walking get their energy? From food. How much energy would we get from burning a day’s worth of food in a power plant? Basically enough to still be a rounding error on one person’s daily energy consumption. Now imagine using your body to convert that food into mechanical energy at an efficiency level of like 2%, and then use tiles that people will spend 0.01% of their day walking on. It amounts to nothing.
GuitarKittens on
Am I the only one who thinks the title is straight-up racist?
bucketofmonkeys on
You’ll make the electricity and pay them to let you use it.
ILSATS on
It’s also bullshit.
isaiddgooddaysir on
For the cost to energy ratio, my guess is you would be better off putting solar panels on the roof.
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What did little Johnny’s mother do when she caught him zapping the other children with static electricity?
She grounded him.
That just sounds like slavery, with extra steps.
Those are the goobleboxes from Rick’s Microverse.
A small step on the way to the office, one giant leap for metro commuters environmentalism
It makes walking way less efficient, probably not ideal for eldery people
Wow an actual item that IS interesting as fuck for a change!
It revolves around the theory of energy conservation. Energy cannot be created or destroyed. It has to go somewhere. And if we can capture them and streamline the conversions, then maybe we don’t need to rely that much on natural gas or fuels.
if you think
its useless
its just fancy
Fantastic
https://i.redd.it/y6zvth8zk0td1.gif
I told them it means “Peace among worlds”.
r/rickandmorty
Wonder what’s the cost of construction and maintenance.
https://preview.redd.it/robvvmool0td1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9d61acba6581990396e5e3952dd0db62ead6c13
What does that mean: “taking advantage at the Asian level”
While we’re at it, why not attach wind turbines on the tops of cars and connect mills to revolving doors
Smart idea, only downside is it would make walking on those surfaces more tiresome. Which i guess could also be seen as a good thing cause it’s exercise
thats awesome, but how long is the life cycle of those piles and their components / how often do they need to be repaired or swapped out?
I wonder if those piles could be installed on slow and busy streets, where cars drive over them.
Cars could produce so much energy, even when driving slowly over the piles.
Allthough it would be higher strain on them.
if its a low speed street with max 10 to 15mph or so, the slightly wobbly ground would probabaly not make much of a difference.
here in my country we have so called “play streets” in residential areas where the speed limits is 7kmh (4,4mph).
in those places it could maybe work, especially if they are installed on the intersections where many cars cross over.
This is such a bullshit technology that doesn’t solve a problem.
It costs way more to develop, manufacture, install and maintain these floor tiles than they generate in electricity that could have been easily and cheaply bought from the grid.
There’s a guy in r/3Dprinting who’s working on this concept except from the standpoint of dangling them from trees so the wind can provide the movement.
1 step is not enough to light 10 bulbs for 20 seconds.
It might lught an LED for 5 if you’re lucky
They’re not producing much energy.
A single panel being stepped on produces about 0.1 watts for a second.
Doing such a thing makes you exert more energy to get from A to B. It might as well be a walking tax.
Wtf is this title
https://i.redd.it/ypg3r1crn0td1.gif
That’s just slavery with extra steps.
Hmm. So just create a moderately heavy mechanical device with wheels that moves forward a little using little bit of electricity with a slightly side-turned wheels. Fill the floor of a roller skating center with these tiles and connect them to an energy storage unit. Wire a connection to the wheeled mechanical device via top from the energy storage unit to syphon electricity for its functionality (similar to go-carts connected to the top in theme parks). Leave the device rolling in big circle within that building to generate unlimited energy.
Sourcing the materials and manufacturing these things probably costs a fortune in power. Bet the break even date is long after the caps are melted.
“Back in 2008, a power generating floor was installed in a Japanese train station. More than 400,000 people walk through the station daily, yet the tiles may only provide enough electricity to power some of the LED lighting”.
Power the city – yeah right, this video is full of fake info.
What a waste of resources to power a few LEDs…
A stampede can probably power a toaster and all the materials probably took 100x the energy to make than this garbage will ever produce. That’s being generous.
Do this in sports stadiums
OP explain that title pls
Energy doesn’t come from nowhere… all those people would’ve had a slightly harder walk to get to their destination. They’ll make up for that by eating more. More food consumption or less food waste… who knows?
They will trip.
Isn’t is literally STEAL human energy, thus, food, and pretending it is FREE?
This is just slavery with extra steps.
This just seems like slavery with extra steps.
Probably just power screens with annoying ads.
Very interesting concept. Since we are living in the gloom and doom days, let’s think of ways this technology can be used to control the masses (as it goes with a lot of technology). I’ll go first:
Create a city where these are the only source of power. Now mandate energy quotas forcing people to walk a for a certain time so they can have electricity that night.
I mean these things have to be harder to walk across than a flat surface. The fact that you’re putting energy into them means that you’re expending extra energy walking in a straight line than you would without them.
This is stupid. Where do humans walking get their energy? From food. How much energy would we get from burning a day’s worth of food in a power plant? Basically enough to still be a rounding error on one person’s daily energy consumption. Now imagine using your body to convert that food into mechanical energy at an efficiency level of like 2%, and then use tiles that people will spend 0.01% of their day walking on. It amounts to nothing.
Am I the only one who thinks the title is straight-up racist?
You’ll make the electricity and pay them to let you use it.
It’s also bullshit.
For the cost to energy ratio, my guess is you would be better off putting solar panels on the roof.