SOLAR FREAKING ROADWAYS Solar Roadways is a modular paving system of solar panels that can withstand the heaviest of trucks (250,000 pounds). They pay for themselves primarily through the generation of electricity, which can power homes and businesses connected via driveways and parking lots.
SOLAR FREAKING ROADWAYS They have many other features as well. Electric Vehicles will be able to charge with energy from the sun (instead of fossil fuels). On August 21, 2013, Solar Roadways was as a Finalist in the World Technology Award For Energy, presented in association with TIME, Fortune, CNN, and Science.
SOLAR FREAKING ROADWAYS
It have been tested !
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Solar Roadways has received two phases of funding. The glass surface have been tested. Solar Roadways is a modular system that will modernize our aging.
SOLAR FREAKING ROADWAYS Solar Roadways was chosen by Google to be one of their Moonshots in May of 2013. Took part in the IEEE Ace Awards in 2009 and 2010
FUTURE GLASS Creating an extremely mobile world. -touch-friendly & responsive -lightweight & durable
Mobility produces other challenges as well. -strained reading tablet in sunlight -high number of microbes on smartphone
A Day Made of Glass FUTURE GLASS
Exploring applications in industries -automotive -architecture -life sciences