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Human Energy Harvesting: A Very Silly Idea
This September 2007 blog post describes some problems and issues associated with harnessing human kinetic energy and transferring it into electric energy. Includes links to related sites such as one describing how two graduate students "have proposed to extract energy from the motion of humans through public spaces such as train stations," and another about human-powered laptop computers. From the CNET News Blog.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9779334-7.html
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