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Speed Bumps That Also Generate Electricity

The Four Seasons hotel in Washington, just a dozen blocks from the White House, is approached not by a simple semicircular driveway, but by a covered porte cochère. On Monday, travelers arriving there by car will slow down for what looks like a speed bump, but is in fact a new way to generate electricity.

According to Meetesh Patel, president and chief executive of New Energy Technologies, a car passing over the company’s small ramp pushes down embedded actuators connected to a generator. New Energy Technologies isn’t being too specific about how its MotionPower device works or how much electricity is generated, but driving over the ramp turns on a green light — providing visual confirmation that the device is working.

By Jim Motavalli

Full Story: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/speed-bumps-that-also-generate-electricity/?hpw

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