Tag: Kinetic Energy

From favelas to the White House, floor tiles turn footsteps into electricity

Floor tiles use kinetic energy stored in batteries By Lin Taylor LONDON, July 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It was in Morro da Mineira favela, in Rio de Janeiro, that British engineer Laurence Kemball-Cook first saw how his floor tiles could make a difference. Children were playing soccer as their families cheered them on – […]