Electricity generators in busy rotating doors

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   Clever Dick on November 12, 2020 at 11:48 pm

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   Idea: Electricity generators in busy rotating doors

   Link: http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Revolving_2...

   Saw this idea on the amazing Half-Bakery site, which lists crap ideas, and I highly recommend. Someone on there says Eddison had a front door genny.

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   Cleo Flatular on November 12, 2020 at 3:45 pm

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   Idea: Electricity generators in busy rotating doors

   Link: https://www.zdnet.com/article/doors-that-r...

   Works just as well on normal doors, not sure if they would be that efficient though.

   Doors that 'revolutionize' power generation | ZDNet

   Link: https://www.zdnet.com/article/do

   The energy you expend at the gym, on the nightclub dancefloor, and now, pushing a revolving door are sources for capturing electrical energy that is reusable.Fluxxlab, a design firm aiming to convert small amounts of human energy into electricity has created The Revolution Door and Powerslide, two p... Read more

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   Stella on November 12, 2020 at 2:43 pm

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   Idea: Electricity generators in busy rotating doors

   Link: https://inhabitat.com/energy-generating-re...

   Been invented, just not implemented everywhere yet.

   The World's First Energy-Generating Revolving Door

   Link: https://inhabitat.com/energy-gen

   Harvesting the kinetic energy generated by crowds of people is one of our favorite approaches to renewable energy. Recently Netherlands-based Natuurcafé La Port installed an energy generator in a rotating door, so every time someone walks in for a cup of

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