April 14, 2014: Glow-in-the-dark highway lines

[Undertoad]

So this is next: glow-in-the-dark highway markers were "lit up" yesterday, as a first test, on a stretch of road in the Netherlands.

But there weren't a lot of photos available to make it an IotD! I guess three lines, merging into one for the human eyes, is just not that photographically interesting, or something. I mean, look at it up there. Doesn't look like much.

But it is. The photo above comes from Dutch Public Broadcasting, and their story includes a video which tells you a lot more than the picture does. The lines are very bright and clear. I want this on my nearby pikes.

The main article on it in the English-reading Internet came from Ars Technica. Their article features a lot of mock-ups of what could be done with luminescence and highways. It's all awesome, and I'm glad this is all coming about as my own aging eyes start to make night driving a chore.

Of course, if when the cars learn to drive themselves, none of this will be necessary.