Browsing Archive: December, 2016

Solar Roads

Posted by Steve Fitzsimons on Saturday, December 24, 2016, In : For Streetlight designers 
France has recently installed an experimental stretch of road paved with solar panels.  The intent is to see if the panels can be used to power adjacent street lights.   See http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/tunedin/france-has-unveiled-the-worlds-first-solar-road/vi-BBxv1eB?ocid=spartandhp
for a brief video, or http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/12/worlds-first-solar-road-opens-in-france/ for a more detailed post.  
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Autonomous vehicles

Posted by Steve Fitzsimons on Thursday, December 22, 2016, In : For the General Public 
A few weeks back I was interviewed by a reporter from Wired Magazine.  The on-line article is at https://www.wired.com/brandlab/2016/11/building-better-safer-greener-fast-lane/

Take a look!
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