Solar Roadways. Artist's rendition of Sandpoint, Idaho - Home of Solar Roadways Graphic artist: Sam Cornett Artist's rendition of a sidewalk/parking lot application.
Thanks to Sam Cornett and Craig Fine Solar Roadways is a modular paving system of solar panels that can withstand the heaviest of trucks (250,000 pounds). These Solar Road Panels can be installed on roads, parking lots, driveways, sidewalks, bike paths, playgrounds... literally any surface under the sun. Solar Roadways has received two phases of funding from the U.S. Our glass surface has been tested for traction, load testing, and impact resistance testing in civil engineering laboratories around the country, and exceeded all requirements.Solar Roadways is a modular system that will modernize our aging infrastructure with an intelligent system that can become the new Smart Grid.
Please visit our FAQ page on our website: Solar Roadways FAQ Perks: We'll ship all items free of charge. 3D Printed House In Amsterdam. Is a vertical railway the alternative to HS2? Trains would be held in place on magnetic tracks Our cities are more overcrowded than ever before.
And with a burgeoning world population, they’re only going to get busier. The UN predicts the current world population of 7.2 billion will grow by another billion in the next 12 years. By 2050, it will have reached 9.6 billion, with a large proportion of that gravitating to cities, as that’s where the jobs are. This will put enormous strain on our cities’ transport infrastructure, as well as resources like space. Luckily, one concept has come up with a way to save space while revolutionising how we travel by train. At 360m tall the vertical high-speed train hubs are slightly shorter than the Empire State Building Vertical trains Station redevelopment is a hot topic right now, thanks to the government’s proposed plans for a new high-speed rail network called HS2.
Getty Images The vertical train system would dwarf landmarks such as the Gherkin in London Very high stakes Sheer magnetism All aboard. The world’s growing love affair with the most wasteful form of coffee there is. It’s no secret that the world’s population is on the move, but it’s rare to get a glimpse of where that flow is happening.
In a study released in Science, a team of geographers used data snapshots to create a broad analysis of global migrations over 20 years. The study was conducted by three geographic researchers from the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital in Vienna. The researchers presented their data in five-year increments, from 1990 to 2010. Their research is unique, because it turned static census counts from over 150 countries into a dynamic flow of human traffic. Migration data is counted in two ways: Stock and flow. People in close-knit neighborhoods feel more positive. Living in a socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhood can take a toll on mental health.
However, feeling a close connection to neighbors may offset some of those negative effects, a new study finds. The study, published in the journal Psychological Medicine, involved a longitudinal multilevel analysis using data from the Caerphilly Health and Social Needs Cohort Study, a community study of health inequality set in Caerphilly county borough, South Wales. Living in the most deprived neighborhoods was associated with a decline in mental health, after taking into account individual socioeconomic risk factors and transitions in life events, such as changes in employment status. Attitudes about Aging: A Global Perspective. In a Rapidly Graying World, Japanese Are Worried, Americans Aren’t Overview.
Starpath: Glow-in-the-Dark, Energy-Efficient Technology to Illuminate Streets at Night. Keeping parks well lit at night can be a costly means to ensure pedestrian and cyclist safety.
But a British-based company has come up with a way to turn park paths into glow-in-the-dark thoroughfares that double as energy-efficient works of art. Created by Pro-Teq, Starpath is a sprayable coating of light-absorbing particles that harvests ultra-violet rays from the sun during the day and dramatically lights up like a starry sky at night.
The veneer is non-reflective, anti-slip and waterproof, and can be applied to cement, wood, tarmac or other solid surfaces. Earlier this month, Starpath was tested on all 1,600 square-feet of the paths at Christ’s Pieces Park, in the university town of Cambridge. The park is well trafficked late into the evening by cyclist and pedestrians alike. Population pyramids for 2000 and 2050. Population by age, sex and educational attainment. Population Pyramids of the World from 1950 to 2100 — PopulationPyramid.net. The small firms run from self-storage units. 18 December 2013Last updated at 19:09 ET By Katie Prescott Business reporter, BBC Christmas is a busy time of year for e-commerce firm Sent 4 U The corrugated iron corridors of the Access self-storage centre in West Norwood, south London are marked by the anonymous outlines of padlocked doors.
Behind many are the belongings that people just can't bring themselves to throw away - often the residue of life-changing moments like death or divorce. Yet in among the stacks of furniture and knick-knacks, a growing number of the metal containers play host to a wide range of small businesses. They're attracted by the flexibility, the short-notice periods and low overheads that characterise the rough and ready space offered by the self-storage industry. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote For businesses it's a flexible way they can store their goods and their materials” End QuoteRennie SchaferSelf Storage Association UK "It's convenient to be here," he says.