Posts Tagged ‘ ReRev ’

‘Calories to Kilowatts’ to be unveiled

By Hap | December 8th, 2009 | Category: Community Groups & Nonprofits, People, Texas State University | No Comments »

Texas State students will learn the balance of power on elliptical machines that will convert a typical 30-minute workout into enough energy to power a laptop computer for an hour.


Student power, literally, at Texas State

By Hap | November 19th, 2009 | Category: Texas State University, Top Stories | 11 comments

Soon, students at Texas State will be able to generate electricity while they workout. The retrofitting of 30 elliptical machines at the Student Recreation Center (SRC) will give the equipment the capability of converting exercise into renewable energy, connecting it to the power grid.