The purpose of this project was to design and build a socially and technologically sustainable energy-harvesting device that captures and transforms wasted kinetic energy into electrical energy for storage and later use. Using electromagnetic induction to capitalize on Faraday’s Law, our ideal system involves a coil of wire, a suspended, oscillating magnet, a diode bridge rectifier, and a rechargeable battery that would produce enough power to charge a pocket-sized electronic device. As an alternative source of energy, targeted towards individual users, this kinetic energy harvesting device provides a sustainable source of electricity without ever using energy from the power grid.

Creator

• Wallace, Peter
• Loomis, Amy
• Sirocki, Alec
• Coffin, Spencer

Contributors

• Looft, Fred J.

Subject

• Recover, Reuse, and Recycle: Building a Lasting World

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Language

• English

Identifier

• GPS1337

Year

• 2009

Date created

• 2009-01-01

Resource type

• Poster

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International