YERT video of the Solar Roadways prototype

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Uploaded by on Jun 20, 2010

Mark Dixon of YERT visits Solar Roadways and films the first ever prototype Solar Road Panel.

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  • LOL, just think when it snows, let alone rain, todays vehicles are designed to grip asphalt...You take it on grass, you will slide, take it on gravel, you will spin out, take it on ice, your going nowhere...

    Take it on glass, however it may be "treated" for grippiness, your gonna slide all over the place when it becomes wet!

    The first thing that came to my mind when I saw this was a pickaxe 0_o

  • Department of Transportation is investing, they've one 2 grants

  • These are the types of projects we need to be investing in. Something to think about however, the illuminated pavement markings, both words and stripes, need to be elongated (approx. double lengthwise) to account for the approach angle of vehicular traffic.

  • @DouglasMallette not sure if you saw this yet, but i found you on twitter this morning & read that solar power with out solar cells & thought of this, The Hopscotch Grid, Powering a School is Epic!

  • up and above railroad with new road signais

  • Support the SOLAR ROADWAYS project, which can provide all the energy we need and fix aging roadway info-structures at the same time. Solar roadways is the answer to energy, as well as many other, problems.

    wwwDOTsolarroadwaysDOTcom

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