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There are such places..
dance club in Hong Kong where the lights are powered by humans moving...
buses in Brazil powered by stationary bikes inside...
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/
SB117270857656222691-3qllxXq2db3gi3uvYlQ53I8a_ak_20070308.html?mod=blogs
My favorite source for this stuff is the Treehugger blog. They also
occasionally have neat stuff on solar fashion and other tactile
delights.
On Dec 6, 2007, at 2:07 PM, Eric Siegel wrote:
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> Thanks for the very useful thread. So far, I score a solid 60% in
> my green habits, if you include Bob Russell's suggestion.
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> But I had an idea that I wonder if anyone has tried or thought of.
> I think what set me off on this idea was a film clip of water
> buffalo walking around in circles to run a mill. My mind naturally
> elided this with people running on treadmills in gyms, what I
> always think of as "hamster time." So, what if we made an "energy
> health club" in a science center. The trick is that you *have* to
> run/pedal/stairclimb to keep the lights on or the TV going or
> whatever entertainment you use to keep your mind off the numbing
> boredom of running on a treadmill. Green types would love it
> (someone has to be pedaling on the stationary bike to make the
> carrot/ginger/wheatgrass juicer work). You could charge like a
> regular health club while providing a valuable lesson in green
> power. There could be a decorative waterfall sculpture in the
> middle that only works if enough people are pedaling. Those insane
> speed pedaling classes that I see would be rewarded with even
> louder disco music to keep them motivated. Maybe even sell
> electricity back to the grid or make part of the exhibit on battery
> storage.
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> Any takers? Let's Collaborate, Let's Innovate, Lets have Strategic
> Impact!
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> Now, back to the regularly scheduled NSF proposal which is already
> in progress.
>
> Eric Siegel
> Director and
> Chief Content Officer
> New York Hall of Science
> www.nyscience.org
> (718) 699-0005 x 317
> esiegel at nyscience dot org
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