Me Likey

February 5th, 2008 Posted in Invention Nation, The Science Channel

In the wee hours of the night when Franki was tossing and turning instead of sleeping, she turned on her most frequent bed mate, The Science Channel. Luckily, one of my new favorite shows was on, Invention Nation. On this show, 3 guys drive around in a green bus powered by vegetable oil and visit people round the country doing groovy green things.

At approximately 4:30 AM, they were visiting NYU to talk to a coupla ladies about the Revolution Door:

  • Revolution Door (Led by Natalie Jeremijenko, Global Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Arts and Science) - The Revolution Door is a modified revolving door containing a mechanical/electrical system that harnesses human energy and redistributes electricity to an output device. The Revolution Door harnesses a negligible amount of human energy for use within a building as a tangible light display, communicating each person’s contribution to an energy cycle.

    • They said that, in one day, the door could collect enough energy to power a lightbulb for 150 hours. They hope that eventually all lobbies could be lit by the energy harnessed from its revolving door.

    Franki likey. I wish I was a smart inventor.

    1. 12 Responses to “Me Likey”

    2. By Glamourpuss on Feb 5, 2008

      What a cute idea. Let’s build giant human revolving treadmills and fuel the planet whilst fighting obesity!

      Puss

    3. By Maddy on Feb 5, 2008

      Ooo me likey too!

    4. By liv on Feb 5, 2008

      What Puss said. She genius.

    5. By furiousball on Feb 5, 2008

      it’s a good thing they didn’t hook that up to George Bush’s secret revolving door to the library

    6. By flutter on Feb 5, 2008

      So, it’s kinda like a hamster wheel? That rules! there are so very many asshole I would love to see get stuck in one.

    7. By flutter on Feb 5, 2008

      assholes, too but that’s beside the point.

    8. By Franki on Feb 5, 2008

      puss ~ i think that all video game systems should be powered by an exercise bike too. wouldn’t that be cool?

      maddy ~ smart huh?

      liv ~ yeah, she purty smart

      furiousB ~ no way that guy has a library, much less a door.

      flutter ~ “asshole and assholes” is a great name for a band.

    9. By flutter on Feb 5, 2008

      oh it totally is, but I bet they’d stink.

    10. By Jocelyn on Feb 6, 2008

      I hope you had a cigarette when it was over.

    11. By martha on Feb 6, 2008

      wow. this is very very cool.

      on a totally different but still somewhat sister-like subject… for some reason, i think you’ll love this: http://www.wefeelfine.org/index.html

    12. By pistols at dawn on Feb 6, 2008

      I am a brilliant inventor: I invented a way to refine indifference to an art form.

    13. By Dan O. on Feb 10, 2008

      “In the wee hours of the night when Franki was tossing and turning instead of sleeping, she turned on her most frequent bed mate,…”

      Certainly pulled me into this post with that opening line.

      Harnessing and using energy from unsuspecting sources is a cool idea. Sure beats that “carbon credit” debacle.

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