There's a new gimmick on display in front of Shibuya station. Embedded in the floor are power generation tiles which register the energy of pedestrians walking or jumping on them and show the resulting kilowatt totals on an LED signboard.

Mulboyne wrote:.. Embedded in the floor are power generation tiles which register the energy of pedestrians walking or jumping on them..

Our future stairs..

GJ

Until someone develops a walking-powered camera that shoots up from them.

I remember from a few years back the Discovery Channel had some Japanese engineer talking about this kind of plan. She even specifically mentioned using the crowds in Shibuya as the first site.