Do you like driving? Do you like driving over speed bumps (if you do, you may need medication). For those that answered yes to the latter, then there is a new technology for you (http://www.hughesresearch.co.uk).
In simple terms, one way to generate electricity is to take a conductor, a magnetic field, and motion. It doesn't really matter whether the conductor or the magnetic field moves. So if you take a conductor and embed it in a speed bump that is allowed to move up and down with passing cars, then place a magnetic field near the speed bump, voila, you have the ingredients to generate electricity. Ingenious.
There is a little more to the technology, but the concept is being tested in the UK. So maybe soon, that thumping sound comping from the road may do more than just wear out your car's suspension. It might be powering the auto repair shop where you can get that fixed.
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