print email comment close Human Energy Harvesting: A Very Silly Idea URL: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9779334-7.html Description: 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. Author: Glaskowsky, Peter Publisher: CNET Networks, Inc LII Database Information: Record 25452 created by Maria Brandt on 02/11/2008 Last modification on 08/24/2008 Published: 02/13/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25452