How an Engineer Harvests Power From Bread, wine... and Now Soil in Japan
Satoshi Nakagawa says micropower collection can run off-grid sensors and other low-power devices while producing no direct carbon dioxide emissions.
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How an engineer harvests power from bread, wine... and now soil in Japan
Glinting in the night, halfway up a hill in Japan, the greenhouse-like "Ku-An" test lab is lit by electricity harnessed from 1,500 wooden boxes of soil and compost.Designer Satoshi Nakagawa has long battled sceptics, but believes that the technology powering the 800 LEDs has a role to play in solving humanity's energy conundrum.And, failing that,...
Tiny light, big dream: Harvesting power from soil in Japan
Designer Satoshi Nakagawa has long battled sceptics, but believes that the technology powering the 800 LEDs has a role to play in solving humanity's energy conundrum. And, failing that, it at least looks nice -- and gets people thinking. "As the population moves toward 10 billion, energy issues will become just as critical as food issues," said Nakagawa, chief executive of design firm Tripod Design. "Even if it's just a small contribution, I wan…
In an experimental laboratory built on a hill in the Japanese city Hitachi-ota, over 1,500 boxes filled with soil and compost supply about 800 LEDs, demonstrating that the soil can become a constant source of electricity, writes Euronews. The project belongs to the designer and engineer Satoshi Nakagawa, founder of Tripod Design, who has been working for years on a technology called "Micropower Collection". His idea is to obtain small amounts of…
A Japanese man has developed a method to recover very small amounts of electrical current from land, bread or wine. If the potential of his work, in terms of energy, divides the scientific community, their aesthetics puts everyone in agreement.
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