I've been a pretty serious athlete for almost a decade now. We all know that working out isn't something easy, but is necessary for our well being. Think of all those machines in a gym, ellipticals, bikes, cross country walking things, ergometers... They're stationary machines plugged into the wall, to display the stats of your workout such as time, calories burned, average watts, etc. When I practice with the crew team, we row indoors simultaneously, which creates a repeating intense noise as we all pull the chain, and cause a fan to turn inside.
We could harvest this energy into electricity. The electricity could be used to fill up batteries, or even to at least power the machine's LCD display. How about the TVs at the gym? Or the fans that keep us cool during a workout. A gymnasium could become a self-sustaining system. But that's only the beginning.
This kind of system creates free energy, as long as people going to the gym are willing to "work" without getting paid. Well at the least the membership dues would be less, or people could even get paid for going to the gym. Maybe that would even help eliminate or reduce the growing obesity problem in the US.
Although individual systems have been developed such as bicycle lights that are powered by the bike itself, there has never been (at least I've never heard of it) a working system powered by many humans to achieve a way to continue the "green" revolution which will hopefully decrease our need for imported oil, and other nonrenewable energy sources.
The company would create machines that are designed for this purpose, as well as do installations, upgrades, and all other technology to facilitate such a system... more to come later.
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