Brazilian Soccer legend Pelé has worked with Shell to help promote a new kinetic energy tile system from Pavegen that translates player foot pressure into electricity. Using a layer of software intelligence management technology, the tiles can generate an average of seven watts of power from a single footfall. That’s enough power to run a new-age LED street light bulb for 30 seconds. This piezoelectricity (electricity resulting from pressure) is lighting a pitch in Morro Da Mineira, a Rio de Janeiro ‘favela’ and one in Lagos, Nigeria.

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