The Minority Report

I personally think that the path of capturing kinetic energy from daily operations is very exciting. I posted today about the hamsters and now this about the shock absorbers in cars. It’s exciting to see how much energy can be harvested from the parts that are already moving on our cars.

Now the trick will be to keep this economical plus reduce the weight that a system like this might add to the car.

A team of students at MIT have invented a shock absorber that harnesses energy from small bumps in the road, generating electricity while it smooths the ride more effectively than conventional shocks. Senior Shakeel Avadhany and his teammates say they can produce up to a 10 percent improvement in overall vehicle fuel efficiency by using the regenerative shock absorbers.

MIT Team Creates Shock That Recharges Your Car