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Subway Ticket Gates

The East Japan Railway Company (JR-East), as part of research aimed at developing more environmentally friendly train stations, is testing an experimental system that produces electricity as people pass through ticket gates.

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I think it is very interesting and it would save energy too.

L.B. at at 09:20PM, Sep 30th 2007.

Very good idea, I agree. Just... don't know how much electricity ordinary man can produce by passing through ticket gate... they'll need a lot of people ;D

Avram at at 08:30AM, Oct 6th 2007.

There are actually a LOT of people that pass through these "mini turbines". Just imagine the possibilities. Actually using our own body weight to power the things that we already use. I think this technology can be made more useful in the near future. It's the same concept as using those lanterns that have the handle that you spin to create light.

Perry at at 08:27PM, Nov 11th 2008.

why dont they hire people to walk through them repeatedly. that would only be effective when it isn't so busy.

W.H.I. at at 01:26PM, Mar 28th 2009.

dat's gr8,if they succeed they can produce much energy

Karan at at 09:18AM, May 5th 2009.

These kinds of Ideas should be implemented everywhere at any level. Im proud!

The dude at at 07:00PM, May 6th 2009.

Yaa.It is proud to hear nd I like very much these kind of experminests.

nag at at 05:39AM, Jul 15th 2009.

it's very gr8...it will help to produce more electricity....i m proud of these ideas....

pragya yadav at at 11:19AM, Aug 25th 2009.

it's very innovative....ideas like this will help in saving energy

ricky kalra at at 07:28AM, Oct 24th 2009.

Interesting but not much information here

Poida at at 02:44AM, Jan 17th 2010.

Really a good idea, wanted to learn more abt the technology based on which they made it possibel. Great job.

Shruthi Gupta at at 05:10AM, Feb 1st 2010.

how it is possible? pls help to learn.

Shruthi Gupta at at 05:13AM, Feb 1st 2010.

im not sure i buy this...to my knowledge (lived here for 4 years now and traveled all over), all trains in japan have little automatic panels that open and close when you scan your ticket, not turnstiles...currently the passenger has to apply no force to anything...so they would retrograde the entire ticketing system? am i missing something?...this 'fact' sounds sketchy to me.

jigs at at 08:10AM, Feb 4th 2010.

I've seen something like this on TV. There are "mats" on the floor and when people walk on them, they produce a bit of electricity, due to friction I suppose...

James at at 11:49AM, May 29th 2010.