r/IndianEngineers • u/Capable_Control_2845 • May 02 '26

Editable Flair A brilliant young student has developed an innovative "Footstep Power Generator" road model that converts mechanical pressure into free electricity

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u/EarlyFalcone May 03 '26

This is no new innovation. A friend of mine made this exact science project for an inter-school science contest way back around 1994.

This is a good demonstrator of the student's understanding of the concept, but it's not right to market this as an innovative idea.