The Gadget Blog » Human Pump http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog Gadget News - Gadget Reviews - Gadget Tech Specs Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:49:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Technology Concept Moves Water Around With Human Walking Power http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/technology-concept-moves-water-around-with-human-walking-power/ http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/technology-concept-moves-water-around-with-human-walking-power/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:00:07 +0000 Rico Mossesgeld http://www.thegadgetblog.com/2008/10/26/technology-concept-moves-water-around-with-human-walking-power/ Post from: The Gadget Blog

]]> A really simple yet cool idea: harness the kinetic energy generated by human foot traffic, and use that power to move water around. The idea comes complete with artfully made mock-ups, and hifalutin yet faulty English.

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Yet it’s ideas like this—simple and extremely cost-effective—are what we need to literally continue progressing with our development. The only problem perhaps is, will the people of the future be willing to walk in the first place?

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