Power generating shocks could turn bumpy roads into power plants

Hippie Magazine reports on eco-innovations. Eco Innovations are products, gadgets, inventions, etc. that have been developed to address the ever-increasing threat of climate change. Although some may never make it to the hands of consumers, they are still innovations with the right intention.

Here is one such eco-innovation: vehicle shocks that generate electricity. As is the case with some of the coolest inventions ever, one version of this gadget came from MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Consider the possibilities: refrigeration trucks powered by the bumps in the road, headlights running off of clean(ish) energy… they’re endless!

Researchers in the UK are taking a different spin on the technology – building cogs into the roadway to generate energy from the cars bouncing on them. Some things are just better done in America.

From EcoGeek