Who could have imagined that the very floor on which we are walking could be used to generate the power to lighten the cities.this very new innovative technology to generate (renewable)power is termed as FOOTFALL HARVESTING.
Well,this this new technology has already been placed in some buidings ,thanks to the effort of the company named PAVEGEN .
Inventor Laurence Kemball-Cook, a 26-year-old industrial design engineer, created a tiled walkway from the West Ham underground station to Olympic Park. The walkway looked ordinary enough, but the tiles were capable of converting the force of people’s footsteps into electricity — more than enough electricity to keep the walkway streetlamps illuminated at full power all night, and at half power during the day.
These tiles are having the sensors which detects the movements over it and simultaneously they convert they produce the same amount of energy from it.
“Every time someone steps on the tile, they generate 7 watts of power,” creator Laurence Kemball-Cook told The Guardian. “The energy is stored within batteries, and then used to power lighting when it’s needed. It’s an off-grid power source for cities.”
The flooring looks quite similar to the regular floors from above but beneath few layers of it there are quite a large circuitry. This technology is quite appealing and environment friendly but its high expenses are coming in its way to get implemented on the large scale .
It costs over $1,600 (1,250 pounds) to cover a square meter with Pavegen.
Smart Flooring technology doesn't just get over with the power generation .
There are few other companies which are using some other ways to make our floor smarter.
One such company is FUTURE SHAPE . It's working in the field of the ground monitoring ,where you floor could monitor your every move on it.
The company's product like SENSE FLOOR has been installed in places like nursing homes and homes .
In nursing homes the alert is received when someone falls on floor. In homes it could be used for burglar alarms etc . it has countless applications so far.
You may be wondering, how it works??Well , A very thin layer of sensors is installed into the textiles, and radio signals send that data to a central data warehouse.
All these SMART FLOORING technologies are sure to change our way of living in coming few years and would make our home more and more smarter.
Well,this this new technology has already been placed in some buidings ,thanks to the effort of the company named PAVEGEN .
Inventor Laurence Kemball-Cook, a 26-year-old industrial design engineer, created a tiled walkway from the West Ham underground station to Olympic Park. The walkway looked ordinary enough, but the tiles were capable of converting the force of people’s footsteps into electricity — more than enough electricity to keep the walkway streetlamps illuminated at full power all night, and at half power during the day.
These tiles are having the sensors which detects the movements over it and simultaneously they convert they produce the same amount of energy from it.
“Every time someone steps on the tile, they generate 7 watts of power,” creator Laurence Kemball-Cook told The Guardian. “The energy is stored within batteries, and then used to power lighting when it’s needed. It’s an off-grid power source for cities.”
The flooring looks quite similar to the regular floors from above but beneath few layers of it there are quite a large circuitry. This technology is quite appealing and environment friendly but its high expenses are coming in its way to get implemented on the large scale .
It costs over $1,600 (1,250 pounds) to cover a square meter with Pavegen.
Smart Flooring technology doesn't just get over with the power generation .
There are few other companies which are using some other ways to make our floor smarter.
One such company is FUTURE SHAPE . It's working in the field of the ground monitoring ,where you floor could monitor your every move on it.
The company's product like SENSE FLOOR has been installed in places like nursing homes and homes .
In nursing homes the alert is received when someone falls on floor. In homes it could be used for burglar alarms etc . it has countless applications so far.
You may be wondering, how it works??Well , A very thin layer of sensors is installed into the textiles, and radio signals send that data to a central data warehouse.
All these SMART FLOORING technologies are sure to change our way of living in coming few years and would make our home more and more smarter.
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