Joining the crowdMIT architecture graduate students James Graham and Thaddeus Jusczyk received global media attention over the summer after the MIT News Office publicized their idea for a device that would turn the mechanical energy of human footsteps into a source of electricity. The duo's proposed "crowd farm," was featured in more than 40 media outlets, including The Boston Globe, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Times of London and MSNBC. A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on September 26, 2007 (download PDF). |
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RELATEDMIT duo sees people-powered "Crowd Farm" - Two graduate students at MIT's School of Architecture and Planning want to harvest the energy of human movement in urban settings, such as in a train station or at a concert, through a responsive sub-flooring that would covert footsteps into energy. 7/25/2007 The Crowd Farm, sponsored by the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction - MIT School of Architecture and Planning More: Architecture More: Energy |
