Date: 14th April, 2014
By: BBC
Glow in the dark have been unveiled on a 500m stretch on a highway in the Netherlands. The paint that is used contains a photo luminising powder that charges up in daytime and slowly releases a green glow at night, doing away with the need for streetlights. The technology have been tested and the official launch is due later this month. An artist named Daan Roosegaarde teamed up with Dutch civil engineering firm to work on this idea. This is the first time glowing lines tech has been piloted on the road and can be seen on the N329 in Oss, almost 100km south east of Amsterdam. once the road absorbed enough daylight it can glow for up to eight hours in the dark. The UK Highways Agency said that this tech is not suitable to be in the country as the weather and stuff would affect the effect of the paint. Originally the team planned to use a temperature-sensative paint mixture would be used to create giant snow-flakes symbols to warn users that the road may be icy.
This tech is an important invention in human history, as if every single country can use this tech we would save lots of electricity on the street lights, as shown in the passage this technology and completely take over the need of street lights, making it extremely environmental friendly. As this paint won't take any electricity in order for it to light up. Also this is sufficient too for the Netherlands as there's more than enough sunlight in a day to light up the road all night by this paint. All in all this is a fantastic plan and this a good start to save our planet from energy crisis
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