A new gym in Portland, Oregon, called The Green Microgym, has figured out how to harness the energy it's members expend while working out.
The "human-powered" gym, which opened last week, is stocked with stationary bicycles designed to connect to wind-generator motors. As gym patrons pedal, batteries supplying power to televisions and stereos are simultaneously charged.
The gym, which also relies heavily on solar power, is currently working on ways of capturing excess energy from it's elliptical machines, and hopes to generate 40 percent of their own energy needs.
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