Energy-Harvesting Street Tiles Generate Power from Pavement Pounder

Scientific American - Energy & Sustainability 2013-04-22

Summary:

PARIS--On April 7, 2013, Kenya’s Peter Some won the 37th Paris Marathon with a time of 2:05:38. A surprise winner, Some missed the event record by only 27 seconds, thus depriving him of a place in running history. He need not have worried; unknown to him and thousands of fellow marathoners, they were all nonetheless part of a historic event. As they ran across the Avenue des Champs Élysées and thumped their feet on 176 special tiles laid on a 25-meter stretch, the athletes generated electricity.

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Date tagged:

04/22/2013, 11:12

Date published:

04/20/2013, 09:00