Well, not really – but humans will be if a trial currently running at Shibuya station results in success. The East Japan Railway Company has been trialing a new entry / exit wicket that captures the energy expanded by the traveller as they pass through.
It appears that a device is fitted along the passage of travel and as the user walks along it – it generates power. This is part of a new “Eco” approach for the train stations that JR is taking and the trial will finish some time in August.
More information from here (In Japanese)
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