Powering Fast Food

Posted by Walt Snider on September 14th, 2009

A fast food restaurant in Hillside, NJ has a new power source that’s pretty darn cool! :) MotionPower is the company that installed the new device and it generates power every time a vehicle drives thru.motionpower_speed_bump

Basically, when a car runs over a plate and pushes it down, it generates power. Multiply that by 100,000 cars per year at 2,000 wats per car and you’re talking some serious juice!

[Read more at Scientific American]

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