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Eco-Disco Uses Dancing to Generate Energy, Sweat to Fill Toilets
Posted by Adam Frucci at 12:00 PM on October 5, 2007
In an idea that's pretty much identical to MITs plan to install energy-mooching floors in places like malls and airports, Enviu, a Netherlands-based research group, has proposed creating a nightclub that generates energy from the dancers within. Sections of floor would depress 2 cm when people stepped on them, generating energy to run the lights, smoke machine, and boot-bass subs. Sounds like an invitation to a whole lot of twisted ankles, but that's just me. A much grosser and less practical idea is using dancers' sweat to flush toilets in clubs. Splashback just got about 100 times more horrible. Ew. [Popular Mechanics]
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Alex
Posted October 5, 2007 1:57 PM
Obviously those guys have played second life!
Chris
Posted October 6, 2007 10:59 AM
Can you do it on the toilet lol!?
Jen
Posted June 28, 2008 3:47 AM
This is so cool! Awesome site, we reference it often for our blog, thanks!
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