Do you ever feel like each day is bringing us closer and closer to a reality resembling that movie Demolition Man? Did anyone even see that movie? There were machines that handed out tickets for profanity and three seashells in the bathrooms in place of toilet paper and Taco Bell was considered fine dining since it was the only restaurant to survive some colossal restaurant armageddon. Oh yeah, and Wesley Snipes was a blonde. Yikes. Well, in the best way possible these new paving slabs from Pavegen Systems could easily fit into the clean perfectly ordered world of Demolition Man.
When you step on a slab they depress slightly and the kinetic energy created from that movement is harvested and stored in a battery below the slab. That battery can be used to power nearby street lights, information displays, store windows, anything you could imagine. The slab lights up when stepped on, indicating that energy has been created and increasing visibility of pedestrians. Right on. Of course they’re made entirely of recycled rubber and rainbows and are currently being tested in London shopping centers and intersections.
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