Albany NY designer, Manoocher Zarif is piloting a device that converts vibrations found in urban traffic into electricity.
The industrial design graduate came across the idea while he was experimenting with a Piezo device that converts pressure and movement into electricity, lighting up an LED lamp. He is in line for a JAmes Dyson award for his idea.
The 23 year old, who works at a billboard company, says his design turns urban excess man-made energy into power, for lighting, billboards, signs and acts as an off-grid source of electricity for urban areas.
While Manoocher has created a model, the harvester is at concept stage only. See it here:
www.jamesdysonaward.org/projects/harvesting-excess-man-made-energy
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Have an idea but it seems so simple,surprised no one has thought of it…But then I am 70 now with a grade 8 education,so what would I know…
Great invention,hope it can go large scale coz it wuld help “mother earth” immensely in conserving energy.