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We walk on sidewalks, through buildings, dance on dancefloors. POWERleap energy-harnassing floor tiles want to capture all that movement and make it an energy source.

We've often seen the idea of human powered energy generation in transportation concepts but Elizabeth Redmond wants to take our daily footings and power up the urban electrical grid.

Reminds of Surya London, where the piezo-electric dancefloor generates some of the nightclub's electrical power and a wind turbine the rest.

(via core77)