IFLScience has a blogvertisement for a company called Solar Roadways, which replaces the decades-old tarmac way of building roads which something far more useful. As well as incorporating a solar power collector, other features such as under-road heating to clear snow, LED lighting to light the way, trunking for stormwater and utilities, and the ability to find broken segments (potholes) instantly.
Obviously it will never work, but why not?
(Score: 2) by monster on Friday May 23 2014, @12:49PM
I see trucks as a much bigger problem, instead. Seeing what the frequent pass of cargo trucks does to conventional roads makes me doubt that this hi-tech roads would endure even the same amount of punishment.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday May 23 2014, @03:21PM
And that's when they stay on their wheels.
The first time a truck overturns in a gust of wind, that's when sparks will fly!