The Netherlands is getting a glow-in-the-dark highway

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The Netherlands is getting a glow-in-the-dark highway

By the middle of next year, there’s going to be a stretch of highway in the Netherlands where traffic indicators glow in the dark and shiny snowflakes appear on the road surface when it gets cold. Wired U.K. reports that designers from Studio Roosegaarde and infrastructure company Heijmans won a design award for this idea, and decided to make it real: The studio has developed a photo-luminising powder that will replace road markings — it charges up in sunlight, giving it up to ten hours of glow-in-the-dark time come nightfall. “It’s like the glow in the dark paint you and I had when we were children,” designer Roosegaarde explained, “but we teamed up with a paint manufacture and pushed the development. Now, it’s almost radioactive”. Studio Roosegaarde The paint used to make the snowflakes only shows up when the temperature drops below a certain temperature, to warn drivers...

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@jennyandherlife » 21 Nov '12, 11am
we should have this EVERYWHERE: [link]
@tim_grainger » 05 Nov '12, 7am
RT @stephendann: The Netherlands is getting a glow-in-the-dark highway | Grist [link] - $20 says this tech will make epicstreet art
@stephendann » 05 Nov '12, 4am
The Netherlands is getting a glow-in-the-dark highway | Grist [link] - $20 says this tech will make epicstreet art
@Sheikh326 » 02 Nov '12, 10pm
Pretty sweet “@dahnish: Glow in the dark paint on the highway in Netherlands. How sick is that? [link]”
@dahnish » 02 Nov '12, 10pm
Glow in the dark paint on the highway in Netherlands. How sick is that? [link]
@DenverPromoter » 01 Nov '12, 2pm
RT @gersariel1: The Netherlands is getting a glow-in-the-dark highway [link]
@J_WC » 31 Oct '12, 6pm
Shiny snowflakes appear on road surface in cold temps. It's the Netherlands so only a matter of time for bike lanes too [link]
@alyssapwright » 31 Oct '12, 2pm
@bartvdeijnden yes. like i just learned that the netherlands will have glowing streets. super useful information. [link]
@Reading_Canada » 31 Oct '12, 10am
Dynamic highway paint. Pretty + functional. via @grist: Glow in the dark snowflakes appear when it gets cold. [link]
@tacoe » 31 Oct '12, 9am
Smart of use of new materials. “The Netherlands is getting a glow-in-the-dark highway” [link]
@fendixiii » 31 Oct '12, 8am
Netherlands highways will glow in the dark and with snowflakes appear on the road to warn drivers of icey conditions. [link]
@grist » 31 Oct '12, 1am
Soon this highway will have glow in the dark shiny snowflakes appear on the road surface when it gets cold. [link]
@mitchbowser » 30 Oct '12, 10pm
What kind of lifespan does the paint have? Durability? Cost? "@LSBowser: Glow in the dark highway--Great idea. [link]"
@jblokzijl » 30 Oct '12, 9pm
@JCdeGraaf hier die snelweg trouwens: [link]
@VincentDekker4 » 30 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @MauritsGroen: “@drgrist: The Netherlands: getting a glow-in-the-dark highway [link] So cool.” New govmnt also hopes to glow in the dark #mvo
@MauritsGroen » 30 Oct '12, 9pm
“@drgrist: The Netherlands: getting a glow-in-the-dark highway [link] So cool.” New govmnt also hopes to glow in the dark #mvo
@ikostar » 30 Oct '12, 8pm
Ice-warning glow in the dark road-snowflakes [link]
@GordonWerner » 30 Oct '12, 7pm
RT @mamakoid: Wicked cool! RT @drgrist: The Netherlands is getting a glow-in-the-dark highway [link] So cool.
@mamakoid » 30 Oct '12, 7pm
Wicked cool! RT @drgrist: The Netherlands is getting a glow-in-the-dark highway [link] So cool.
@lviss » 30 Oct '12, 7pm
Really? RT @drgrist: The Netherlands is getting a glow-in-the-dark highway [link] So cool.
@LSBowser » 30 Oct '12, 7pm
Glow in the dark highway--Great idea. [link] @Grist #innovation
@galzurah01 » 30 Oct '12, 7pm
RT @drgrist: The Netherlands is getting a glow-in-the-dark highway [link] So cool.
@drgrist » 30 Oct '12, 7pm
The Netherlands is getting a glow-in-the-dark highway [link] So cool.
@SaveThisSoil » 30 Oct '12, 5pm
RT @grist: had to share. Too cool The Netherlands is getting a glow-in-the-dark highway [link]
@HenneberyEddy » 30 Oct '12, 4pm
Cool! #makereallifemorelikeTron RT @grist: The Netherlands is getting a glow-in-the-dark highway [link]
@mirjoymoser » 30 Oct '12, 3pm
I want my highways to glow in the dark. (Please only read that as a single entendre) [link]
@marian16rox » 30 Oct '12, 3pm
Maintaining #safety & coolness. The Netherlands is getting a glow-in-the-dark highway [link] Road trips just got better.
@BeerMudderAudra » 30 Oct '12, 3pm
I love the Dutch. “@grist: The Netherlands is getting a glow-in-the-dark highway [link]”
@clark_boyd » 30 Oct '12, 3pm
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@grist » 30 Oct '12, 3pm
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