British technology company pavegen has built tiles that generate kinetic power from footsteps.
Kinetic energy floor tiles.
Energy floors aims to create awareness about renewable energy generation and environmental impact.
The vegas streetlights are a trial of the company s new kinetic tiles which convert footsteps to electrical energy.
Basically if you walk on one your step can help light soccer fields in brazil and nigeria a hallway in heathrow airport or offices and shopping centers in london all locations where these tiles have been installed.
Through this process the floor interacts with the public and involves them in a unique and interactive energy experience.
Each floor module can produce up to 35 wp of sustained output.
Our roots our story starts in 2008 when we open the world s first sustainable dance club and let partygoers loose on our energy generating dance floor.
We do this by making energy production visible interactive smart and fun.
The tech tracks data for smart cities and.
This is not science fiction a french company called wattway is working on solar roads that could soak up the sun s energy 90 of the day.
A kinetic floor tile that also housed a bendable solar panel could be 66 as efficient as a standard solar panel but could also continue generating electricity when the sun went down.
According to the company each step generates from 4 to 8 watts of power.