Are Speed Bumps the New Electricity Generators?
Two Palestinian teens invented a new way to generate electricity from the aggravating speed bumps that are found on a countless number of streets in many Arab countries. Fourteen-year-old Anan Ismail Ayad and Haytham Jumaa Abd Al-Gawwad, who attend Al-Ma`had Al-Arabi School in Al-Quds City, invented a mechanical speed bump that could possibly replace the speed bumps regularly found on streets. The new speed bump is capable of converting the vertical motion of cars pressing down on the speed bumps as they drive over them into electricity. This electricity is stored in batteries that could potentially be used to provide the electricity required to operate different pieces of equipment. “The device is made up of two parts; the first part is placed in a pit around 30-cm deep, while the second part consists of the speed bump, which is above the road. “When cars drive over the speed bump, the top part of it descends slightly. During this small motion, the up and down movement created by the
