Kids loving playing in the playground, in fact some adults find it a lot of fun too, so how about channeling all of that energy into something more useful? Well this concept design by Chen Wei and Lu Yanxin may have very well found a way to do that in the form of the Giraffe Street Lamp.
As pictured in the rendering above, the Giraffe Street Lamp features a lamp at the top, and a swing set at the bottom, and if you haven’t already guessed, the kinetic energy generated during the process of swinging will help to power the street lamp. While we can’t really picture these used for highways or by the road side (who would let their kids sit on a set of swings next to the road anyway?), they are a pretty good idea for parks and for those who want to light up their backyard.
On top of that, the street lamp will also feature a solar panel on top for supplemental energy collection, and according to its designers, the energy collected via the solar panel and the swing should be enough to power the light for a little over 11 hours. What do you guys think? It would be pretty cool to have a couple of these littered around our parks, wouldn’t it?
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