There is no such thing as a free lunch as they say, just like free energy is a myth to anyone who knows basic physics – potential or kinetic, it all has to come from somewhere. While pressure-powered under-road panels and wind-up batteries have been criticized for wasting energy in various ways, it is hard to dispute the simple efficiency of this eco-friendly power-generating rocking chair design. This is green energy generation at its finest, using our ordinary activities and turning them into a tangible source of stored power we can see. The resulting furniture design is not meant to merely reduce energy bills but to create a sense of active engagement and show the rocker visible rewards (in this case quite directly in the form of light) for our participatory environmental actions. From furniture designer Rochus Jacob :  “An abstract process becomes tangible and eventually cultivates natural awareness. Complexity is covered by simplicity

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