Showing posts with label traffic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label traffic. Show all posts

Monday, February 28, 2011

Once upon a time in a traffic jam

...directly behind a bus a smart engineer was struck by a brilliant idea: Why do buses in heavy-traffic areas not simply drive on stilts?


Image source: www.hsfuture.com

No sooner said than done: The south Chinese company Shenzhen Huashi Future Parking Equipment has found a really futuristic solution matching its own name: buses that simply bridge traffic jams and other obstacles on fence-like stilts.



Image source: www.hsfuture.com

Why making the simple complicated :)

»»» www.hsfuture.com/ehbus.html

Monday, February 14, 2011

Intelligent traffic lights



A new project has caused sensation in Lower Saxony and provides a new dimension of driving safety. Traffic lights fully equipped with brand-new sensors communicate with vehicles that also brim over with technology.

The only question is: When will infrastructure adapt to these developments so that investment into illustrious names such as stereo camera, Lidar sensor or a 77-gigahertz radar also pay for the conventional consumer?

What do you think?

Sorry, only in German:
www.innovatives.niedersachsen.de/~intelligenteste-ampel

And now we do not even have to take pains to test the tire pressure:

Sorry, only in German:
www.innovatives.niedersachsen.de/~der-intelligente-reifen