Friday, 5 June 2015

Go Green with Traffic Lights

We all have seen those blinking red, green and yellow lights at almost every ending and intersection to put the howling traffic at check. Since decades, these have been symbolic of the traffic signal maintaining a controlled crossing and a congestion proof road network. The traffic light forms a major part of a state's safety and a major consumer of power and energy of the same. All kudos to the newer and innovative approaches of the modern technology, several disadvantages associated with the conventional traffic signal modules have been removed. The...

The Tricolor Icon in a new form: Energy Efficient Traffic Lights

The simple tricolor icon, which are known as traffic lights stand tall and proud at almost every road junction to put a control to the hurrying vehicles and motors. Originally, invented by a Detroit policeman named Lester Wire to warn pedestrians of the impending transition, the three color icon have been enduring the traffic turmoil for over a century now. The traffic lights have undergone series of changes, thanks to the incorporation of modern technology into the display of the traffic signals. A traffic signal demands reliability 24 hours...