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To incorporate the principles of electricity generation of a dynamo or alternator into a speed bump on a public road to power street lights. This method of power generation could also be used in conjunction with traffic calming measures. The idea consists of a small cylindrical generator embedded into the surface of the road so that only a small height is protruding from the roads surface (to cause minimal discomfort to vehicle driver), as the tyres of a vehicle moves over this generator it is forced to rotate and to produce electricity similar to how alternators work but on a smaller scale. Depending upon the efficiency and power rating of the device this could be used to power a single street lamp of a whole row. It is noted that that this will reduce the efficiency of the vehicle however the generator could be used as a ‘speed bump’ in inner city areas to reduce vehicle speed. This method used to generate electricity will also reduce the power demand required from centralised power stations.If a success and causes minimal discomfort to vehicle occupants could be incorporated on to stretches of motorway/freeway/
gbs85, Apr 12 2007
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And if people have a pace maker? interstim? or other electrical implanted device? Seems like you haven't thought this one through
Just what we all need another bump in the road to tear up our cars/trucks--why not change the lights out to LCDs lot cheaper, will not burn out everytime it rains like the bump generator being flooded
If you slow down cars with bumps, it increases their own fuel consumption, so on a large scale it would yield little if anything.
Your idea sounded better before i read it. I was seeing an electric field, magnetic, radio or whatever, with a very limited range, say 30cm. And thisvery low power transmitter could be embedded in a flat road, activating thebrakes of the passing cars without having to bugger up the road surface.