When the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) decided to invest in alternative energy sources, it
only had to look to its users for the perfect source of energy. Recently the company decided to
update their Tokyo Station with a revolutionary new piezoelectric energy generating floor. The
system will harvest the kinetic energy generated by crowds to power ticket gates and display
systems!
Piezoelectric flooring is a technology with a wide range of applications that is slowly being adopted
in the race to develop alternative energy sources.JR East has been trialing these systems. They have
improved and expand