Designer Hung-Uei Jou has decided to make something good out of noise. He has created a device aptly called Green Noise.
Green Noise is able to capture, identify and convert sound energy to
electricity which can be used to power lights and other relatively small
or low-wattage facilities. One of the places that suffers due to the decibels is the airport
runway. Aircrafts really make some mean sounds, and the question is,
should we let the expended energy go waste? Nope, we should not and
therefore designer Hung-Uei Jou has designed the Green Noise, a device
that traps & converts the sound energy to electricity for the runway
lights. It features a conical speaker-form to endure the elements and
the modular structure stands on a tripod base for easy maintenance.
As mentioned, Green Noise is only capable of powering low-wattage
appliances and equipment as of now but I'm pretty sure further
developments will allow it to power bigger and "heavier" electronic
appliances like your printer. Imagine the huge contribution you can make
to the environment and the great savings you can get if you use Green
Noise with compatible earth friendly toner & drum cartridges.
