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Ann Arbor's POWERleap plans to harness wasted kinetic energy
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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Elizabeth Redmond's college thesis could soon become the basis for her life after school. POWERleap practically jumped off the pages of her thesis at the School of Art + Design at the University of Michigan and said, 'Commercialize me!'
The idea is to create a system that can capture electricity from something as simple as body movements. How? Well, imagine a technology that could use the kinetic energy produced from someone walking on flooring tiles to supply a house with electricity.
"I wanted to find ways to harness electricity and wasted energy," says Redmond, director of product development for
POWERleap
.
The Ann Arbor-base start-up has two other partners in New York City. It received a generous grant from a contest held by
Metropolis magazine
. It's now developing the product and trying to raise more capital funds, a plan that will continue well into 2010. It's in the final phase of negotiating a licensing contract this year.
Source: Elizabeth Redmond, director of product development for POWERleap
Writer: Jon Zemke
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