Dancing Traffic Light Makes Pedestrian Crossings Fun And Safer

There comes a time where every one has to cross the street at some point. We all use pedestrian crossings. We hit the buzzer usually a few times because we are usually in a rush to get some where then play the waiting game waiting till the little red man turns green so we can safely cross the road. What if we had something to entertain us while we wait?

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GravityLight - New technology lighting for the developing countries

 Over 1.5 billion people on earth have no reliable access to mains electricity. In several countries, the grid is failing to keep pace with population growth, which mean the number of people without reliable electricity will continue to grow. GravityLight is an innovative way of generating light & low levels of power from gravity; providing an alternative to expensive & hazardous kerosene lamps commonly used in developing countries. GravityLight is a non-profit product development organisation that designs and creates clean, off-grid energy solutions.

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Scientists Freeze Light for 1 Minute

Scientists Freeze Light for 1 minute -Utopia au - Utopia Magazine

Light is the fastest thing in our known universe. The speed of light travels at 299,792,458 meters per second. So that's almost 300 million meters per second. Sunlight takes about 8 minutes 19 seconds to reach the Earth. It turns out that light, can in fact be stopped, but stopping light is not so easy. It's not like you can just put it in a freezer. The Speed of light is is a universal physical constant important in many areas of physics. Recently the word out there is that scientists from Germany have managed to successfully stop light from traveling for a whole minute. It's not the first time that stopping light has been achieved, but the duration of 60 seconds is EPIC!

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