Comments on: Next-gen traffic light concept http://www.tinygigantic.com/2008/04/25/next-gen-traffic-light-concept/ An inspration feed updated daily by the troublemakers at Language in Common Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:06:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Caleb http://www.tinygigantic.com/2008/04/25/next-gen-traffic-light-concept/#comment-29536 Caleb Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:40:12 +0000 http://www.tinygigantic.com/2008/04/25/next-gen-traffic-light-concept/#comment-29536 I kinda disagree with its utility. While it's message is clear, it's kinda an eyesore from a city-wide perspective. It's hard to criticize just a rendering, but it looks like it would also impair driver vision across multiple planes of traffic. People do run red lights, but not just because they don't see them - some people are just pushing it. It might be difficult to see oncoming traffic, especially for emergency vehicles that routinely cross 'closed' traffic planes. My version would be triggering that reality for the driver only. I would say one could assume that by the time something like this would be affordable enough to be widely adopted, it would be much easier to integrate at the automobile level. Cadillac and Pontiac both had this 3-D HUD thing going strong at the turn of the millennium, so it's certainly possible to plug a little 'projector' onto your dash that would be RFID triggered into displaying light signals. Alternatively, couldn't we just put a simple composite into our windshield glass that could be activated by a low level electronic pulse. Kinda like the way e-ink work, just little shocks that flip from black to white, or in this case translucent to clear. From the perspective of the driver, the windshield could tint in conjunction with the approaching light. I kinda disagree with its utility. While it’s message is clear, it’s kinda an eyesore from a city-wide perspective. It’s hard to criticize just a rendering, but it looks like it would also impair driver vision across multiple planes of traffic. People do run red lights, but not just because they don’t see them - some people are just pushing it. It might be difficult to see oncoming traffic, especially for emergency vehicles that routinely cross ‘closed’ traffic planes.

My version would be triggering that reality for the driver only. I would say one could assume that by the time something like this would be affordable enough to be widely adopted, it would be much easier to integrate at the automobile level. Cadillac and Pontiac both had this 3-D HUD thing going strong at the turn of the millennium, so it’s certainly possible to plug a little ‘projector’ onto your dash that would be RFID triggered into displaying light signals.

Alternatively, couldn’t we just put a simple composite into our windshield glass that could be activated by a low level electronic pulse. Kinda like the way e-ink work, just little shocks that flip from black to white, or in this case translucent to clear. From the perspective of the driver, the windshield could tint in conjunction with the approaching light.

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