Elliptical Machines | June 7, 2010
It’s is a pretty typical scene in a physical fitness center. There are a number of people at work on the 20 or so elliptical machines. But this physical fitness center at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts near the border with New York is different.
Elliptical Machines | June 22, 2009
Sainsbury’s brings green power to the checkout with ‘kinetic plates’ Energy will be captured every time a vehicle drives over “kinetic road plates” in the car park and then channelled back into the store. The kinetic road plates are expected to produce 30 kWh of green energy every hour — more than enough energy to power the store’s checkouts. The system, pioneered for Sainsbury’s by Peter Hughes of Highway Energy Systems, does not affect the car or fuel efficiency, and drivers feel no dist