“Just be you and pave the way to change” says 13-year-old inventor Laalitya Acharya who hopes to revolutionize energy in developing countries by using vehicular motion to generate and harness clean and affordable energy.
Acharya’s invention “TraffEnerate” came about after she started researching cheap, easily renewable resources of energy, and came across a device she calls a piezo. She explains when stress is applied to a piezo, it generates electricity. She wanted to make it easy to utilize piezos, so she designed TraffEnerate to obtain power when cars drive over the devices. Her prototype incorporates 11 piezo sensors and a 3D-printed block so stress will be applied to all 11 piezos even if a car just barely passes over the corner of the prototype.
Acharya said, “I wanted to change the world, that simple. On my family’s yearly trip to India, I saw children who have no power in their homes, huddling near dangerous fires. I wanted to change their position in life, to make it better by creating clean energy and electricity.”
CEF FFT: Imagine what a difference TraffEnerate could provide for people around the world living with an environment congested with vehicular traffic!
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