Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Escalating

On a recent visit to the US I observed an increasing use of escalators.What I also observed was the fact that at peak times the escalators were heavily used, while at other times the escalators simply kept moving..I thought, what a huge waste of energy.Sophistication does come at a price..the price of wasting energy.I wondered why couldnt they be more efficient and perform dual function of sophistication as well as optimization.Afterall pitfalls of wasting energy are alaraming,added with the fact that energy resources are fast depleting,an efficient use of all devices,machines that consume energy is a must,no matter what the source of energy is..remember energy saved at one place could be a used hungrily elsewhere.There is enough demand for energy everywhere.
What I was thinking on these lines was why couldnt sensors be placed on the escalator to detect if a person is standing on it or not.Just a simple thought which is quite possible with electronic sensing devices these days coming petty cheap :)

In the meanwhile I started another blog sometime back just to log thoughts more generic in nature,more to do do with life and its idiosyncrasy..check out the link below:
Musings of a Wandering Mind

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