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Power-generating piezoelectric road will be tested next month in Israel

Generating power from roads is apparently the new millennium's version of the search for the fountain of youth. Let's hope we're a little more successful this time. Thus far we know of contenders that want to make electricity using a three-layered solar panel instead of asphalt, by collecting the vibration of bridges or other parts of the roadways and harvesting the wind energy of passing cars. Add to these ideas a new one mentioned by the British Environmental Transport Association (ETA): a road filled with tiny piezoelectric crystals that ... Read more →

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