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Police in the state of Fribourg have hired the professional actor to deter motorists from speeding.
SpeedSpike will record speeds and read license plates from space.
England has begun testing satellite-based speed cameras capable of recording average speeds and reading license plates from space. Don’t get any big ideas about English weather either, it works in cloudy conditions.
Continue reading… “SpeedSpike – Speeding Tickets From Outer Space”
WorkPod by Ecospace
We noticed a trend going on these days: offices in the backyard! The convenience of just walking rather than driving to work is too good to pass up. Check out these backyard offices that allow people to get away from the house without really getting away and save the hassles of dealing with traffic, commuting costs, or space rentals. (Pics)
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The world’s first factory making space-age JET PACKS is going into production.
It is the perfect way for city high-fliers to miss the morning rush hour. A company is set to produce the first commercial JETPACKS – and one could be yours for just £50,000. The traffic jam-beating packs will be manufactured after a multi-million pound deal was signed with an international aircraft company this week. (Video)
Continue reading… “Commute Through the Skies with the First Commercial Jetpack”
Impact of cell phone ban doubted
A national crackdown on distracted driving takes an unexpected turn today. A new study shows that the number of traffic crashes did not drop in three states and the District of Columbia after they banned drivers from using handheld cellphones.The Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), an affiliate of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), examined insurance claims for crash damage in New York, Connecticut, California and Washington, D.C., before and after handheld bans took effect and found no reduction in crashes.
Continue reading… “Study: Driver Cellphone Bans Do Not Reduce Crashes”
Urban bike lane
Kolelinia is a design concept for urban bicycle lanes in the sky. Created by Bulgarian architect Martin Angelov, the innovative design, although not for those with any fear of heights, offers steel wire bicycle lanes, plus safety harnesses, located high above the traffic. (Pics)
Continue reading… “Bicycle Lane In The Sky”
Photo of snow covered LED traffic lights was taken after a fatal crash in Oswego, Ill. on April 6
Cities around the country that have installed energy-efficient traffic lights are discovering a hazardous downside: The bulbs don’t burn hot enough to melt snow and can become crusted over in a storm — a problem blamed for dozens of accidents and at least one death.
Continue reading… “LED Traffic Lights Causing More Accidents”
In cities across the world, traffic is getting out of control; some people now routinely spend upwards of two hours of every day, just in transit. What’s to be done? (Pics)
Continue reading… “Commuter-Friendly Office Of The Future Located On A Bus”
Two new studies of pedestrian safety found that using a cell phone while hoofing it can endanger one’s health. Older pedestrians, in particular, are impaired when crossing a busy (simulated) street while speaking on a mobile phone, the researchers found.
Continue reading… “Cell Phone Use While Walking Reduces Pedestrian Safety”
By now we’ve all seen our fair share of green energy cars and devices, but there remains a dearth of public works-centric green tech innovations. Helping to fill the void of cool green-tech-meets-public-works design ideas, Taiwanese designers Cheng-Tsung Feng, Yao-Chieh Lin and Bo-Jin Wang created this solar-powered traffic light that easily could have emerged from the labs at Cupertino. (Pics)
Continue reading… “Solar Traffic Light”
Google accounted for 71.08% of all US searches conducted in the four weeks ending Oct. 3, 2009, according to research just released by Experian Hitwise. Yahoo Search, Bing, and Ask.com received 16.38%, 8.96%, and 2.56%, respectively. The remaining 52 search engines in the Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 1.04% of US searches:
Continue reading… “Google Accounts For 71% Of All U.S. Searches”
Sky Pod
As a society, we are increasingly interested in finding new ways of transportation that are cleaner for the environment. New concepts in mass transit seem to be one of the main ways to move toward this future. However, many people (especially in the U.S.) don’t want to give up the privacy of individual travel. As a result, it might be that so-called “sky pods” may provide the answer.
Continue reading… “Future of Travel: Magnetically Levitating ‘Sky Pods’”
