Times Square... there is no question about it, it sure is bright! It must take a lot of power to illuminate the neighborhood, but where does all that power come from? For tonight's New Year's Eve celebration, at least one part of it will be powered from bicycles.

When the clock strikes midnight and the numbers 2-0-0-9 are illuminated, they'll be
powered from stored kinetic energy from 230 hours of bike riding! For the past few months, Duracell Power Lodge in Times Square has welcomed guests to come and ride a "snowmobike" for an hour or two. Each bike routes energy to the Duracell Battery Center where it's being stored until TONIGHT, New Year's Eve.

Hundreds of people have come in to ride the bikes and be a part of this, including celebs such as
Giselle Bundchen, Leona Lewis, Brandy, Sean Paul, Lady GaGa, Ne-Yo, Liza Minnelli, Katie Couric, Nick Lachey, Natasha Bedingfield as well as Project Runway winner
Christian Siriano.

Brazilian supermodel Giselle said she was riding “in support of the Agua Limpa Project which was started by my father and provides clean drinking water to people in regions of Brazil." The model went on to say that when her family watches this year’s New Year’s Even celebration in Times Square, they will know they helped create the light.

What a fabulous idea! We all could use a little bit more exercise, and we're also helping save the environment. Hopefully we will all appreciate those numbers a little bit more when they light up tonight!

Anyone have any ideas for other things we could use bicycles to power?