Energizing footergy

Introduction:
The production of electrical energy from footsteps was started by a Japanese engineer Kohei Hayamizu. According to him a city is an electrical power station where all roads, bridges and sidewalks generate electricity from the vibrations produced by the cars and people that move over them. He makes use of piezoelectricity, a property certain materials have to generate an electric current when they are squeezed or pressed. During the entire 20 day period of the installation, they will generate enough electricity to power 1,422 televisions for one hour . similar systems could be installed on a wide range of scales, from small systems embedded on mobile phones, to huge systems installed on highways that would harness the electricity generated by the movement of cars and big trucks. Walking is the most common activity in day to day life. When a person walks, he loses energy to the road surface in the form of impact, vibration, sound etc, due to the transfer of his weight on to the road surface during every step. This energy can be tapped and converted in the usable form such as in electrical form.