Comments on: Blog Buzz: Electricity from Human Movement http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/08/07/human_power/ Blogging the science and policy of global warming Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Environmental Defense Fund: 20 Energy Solutions - From You : Sustainablog http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/08/07/human_power/comment-page-1/#comment-1734 Environmental Defense Fund: 20 Energy Solutions - From You : Sustainablog Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:42:30 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/08/07/human_power/#comment-1734 [...] Editor’s Note: This is happening! See our post on electricity from human movement. [...] [...] Editor's Note: This is happening! See our post on electricity from human movement. [...]

]]> By: Sheryl Canter http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/08/07/human_power/comment-page-1/#comment-1707 Sheryl Canter Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:29:16 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/08/07/human_power/#comment-1707 I've since learned of more examples of "<a href="http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/08/13/your_energy_solutions/" rel="nofollow">human power conversion</a>". Here's the relevant excerpt from another post: From <a href="http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/08/08/oil-change-share-your-ideas/#comment-3912" rel="nofollow">haikuza</a>: <blockquote>Has anyone heard of Trevor Field's <a href="http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/blog/2006/09/playpump_projec.html" rel="nofollow">Play Pumps</a>, or Raj Pandian's <a href="http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/10/south_africa_th.html" rel="nofollow">Swing Generators</a>? It's the coolest thing. Inventions use playground equipment & all that <a href="http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Playing+around+and+around+...+This+merry-go-round+works+while+kids...-a0181672715" rel="nofollow">natural kid energy to pump water and generate electricity</a>. We could get our kids off Ritalin & harness the power! Can't find a proper link to Pandian's work, but you can google him. <b><i>Editor's Note:</i></b><i> Apparently both were invented by Raj Pandian. He invented a swing, a seesaw, and a merry-go-round that generate electricity (see the links I added). Cool stuff! For more examples of human power conversion, check out our story on <a href="http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/08/07/human_power/" rel="nofollow">electricity from human movement</a>.</i> </blockquote> I've since learned of more examples of "human power conversion". Here's the relevant excerpt from another post:

From haikuza:

Has anyone heard of Trevor Field's Play Pumps, or Raj Pandian's Swing Generators? It's the coolest thing. Inventions use playground equipment & all that natural kid energy to pump water and generate electricity. We could get our kids off Ritalin & harness the power! Can't find a proper link to Pandian's work, but you can google him.

Editor's Note: Apparently both were invented by Raj Pandian. He invented a swing, a seesaw, and a merry-go-round that generate electricity (see the links I added). Cool stuff! For more examples of human power conversion, check out our story on electricity from human movement.

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