Can the noise in sports arenas be turned into electricity?

[Still Waters]

Gyeongyun Lily Min spent the last seven months in a makeshift laboratory she set up in her parent’s garage as she tried to convert vibrations produced by sound waves in sports arenas into electrical energy. Her days were a long repetition of refining the concept, conducting experiments and analyzing the results.

The 17-year-old rising senior at Alfred M. Barbe High School in Lake Charles, Louisiana, was initially inspired by Disney’s Monsters, Inc. In the 2001 film, energy is generated from children’s screams. Sans the cruelty, Gyeongyun thought, the concept could help meet the global demand for sustainable energy.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/can-the-noise-in-sports-arenas-be-turned-into-electricity-180984692/