Yesterday I read about Japan's sidewalks producing electricity through people walking on their tiles.
I was certain I read about it before and indeed, the French author Alphonse Allais had already thought of sidewalks using people's steps to produce electricity... in 1896!
Actually this guy predicted a number of future technology, always as a joke.
One more proof that science is nothing without imagination (and humor).
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/12/21/editorials/walking-the-body-electric/
