Comments on: SUSTAINABLE DANCE CLUB

By: hbs_clogger

hbs_clogger — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:04:49 +0000

How are these floors made? i am doing a project and need to know!

By: PARK HYOSUN

PARK HYOSUN — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:33:40 +0000

We are preparing a project with LG Corp. and Dong-Guk University which are our sponsors. We want to research on how human-power has become more common like you and ask your opinion about human-power it in your life.

I would like to introduce myself.
My name is Park Hyo-sun, a senior student at Dong-Guk University (SEOUL, South Korea), majoring in Business Management.
We are planning to visit you at the end of August and stay for 2 weeks. The schedule can be flexible for your schedule.
If you allow us to visit your company, we will greatly appreciate it.

By: Meir Gilady

Meir Gilady — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:52:19 +0000

http://www.yourgreeknews.com/070626/
Watch this Greek company is building the technology for road energy

By: Jay Walsh

Jay Walsh — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:10:11 +0000

On a lighter note:

The Static Electric House
See PSA video
http://www.ase.org/content/article/detail/1010

Sincerely,

Jay

By: Hannah*

Hannah* — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:08:36 +0000

I read about this back in October & have been harping on about it ever since, I think it’s amazing & would love to help/see it bought to the uk*

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:39:52 +0000

Google Yusuke Obuchi, wave garden. He brings this idea to the waves of the ocean. The concept is amazing!

By: Lale

Lale — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:42:34 +0000

Hey, thanks for this post. What an interesting concept. Clubbing isn’t my thing but it really jumped out at me, and I showed it to a classmate who’s in the Japanese underground music scene, and he thought it was great.

By: Dreamer D

Dreamer D — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:22:26 +0000

In keeping with optimism, I think this is such an exciting concept. Who knows where it could lead. All you super brains keep thinking, you have my full support!

By: Alton Janelle IV

Alton Janelle IV — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:52:08 +0000

This is a very interesting posting here. I designed a modular sustainable flooring called the HexStep for my thesis project back in 2006. I’m glad to see that my idea is catching on! A very cool feeling indeed!

By: Neal Turley

Neal Turley — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:34:52 +0000

We should take this out to the beach….with a solar powered stage

By: RemyC

RemyC — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:22:36 +0000

Wish we had that at Wetlands!!!

By: lauren d

lauren d — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:25:17 +0000

From the little I know about piezoelectricity, minor physical deformations in the crystals can generate a lot of current, but I’m unclear about the force necessary to make those deformations. Maybe I’ll do some more exploring, because the above-stated necessity of huge speed bumps on the roads doesn’t correlate with people dancing on a sprung floor and thus powering the party.

I had brainstormed about the road power generation with a friend, and heard of a british engineering company that was looking into it, but forget the name. Regardless, I think using the organic, food-fueled power of people dancing (or riding bikes) to make electricity is one thing, creating extra resistance on fossil fueled cars to make electricity doesn’t seem like such a smart plan.

On the optimistic side, quartz – an abundant material – exhibits some of the most powerful piezoelectricity. I read on wikipedia that DARPA is looking into using piezoelectric generators in soldier’s boots to power field equipment. It’d be nice to turn that technology to civil service…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:30:17 +0000

I read a discussion about roads generating electricity from cars running over it. It might’ve been on here. But the end result is that you’d need things the size of speed bumps to generate electricity. For some reason it wouldn’t work on a smaller scale, and of course you can’t cover roads with speed bumps.

By: mahalie

mahalie — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:41:41 +0000

Couldn’t you use the same concept on roads? Seems like you’d get more out of it since cars are so much heavier…there must be some material that would both support the load as necessary and flex just enough.

I agree with b.c. – very cool as an art piece and awareness builder.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:51:10 +0000

They’d better make sure they have reputable electricians or else all that dancing really could set the roof, the roof, the roof on fire.

I’m sorry, that was awful.