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Published in Cars, Design, Lighting, Weird Tags: Cars, google, traffic lights, visual ads

Apr

Hanyoung Lee is the designer of the Virtual Wall which is a plasma laser barrier showing pedestrians crossing the street. The lasers are not powerful enough to harm cars or people but the effect is enough to make drivers stop and let the pedestrians cross.

A weird idea is the concept called “adlights” or “traffic ads” where the light beam is more focused with a lot of colors to create visual ads. Is a secret project for Google? Who knows…

Maybe in a few years you will see adverts from this blog when you wait at the traffic light .

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nugget Says, in 4-22-2008 at 06:43:18 from 71.252.64.50

I feel this will be too attractive right in front of our faces and disuade drivers the visual ability to check out what’s going on beyond the stop. Being attentive to the surrounding area reinforces landmarks, allows you to track things before they dash in front of you even when you’ve got the green. ps- and we don’t need another ad space that’s for sure

a Says, in 4-22-2008 at 10:35:37 from 209.87.213.56

No, these will not proliferate unless you can address this problem: people making a right turn at a red light (in America, I suppose it would be left turn in most other countries) would need to see through the “wall” in order to know the path was clear. The distraction of the wall would be too much of a traffic hazard in these situations.

meneame.net Says, in 4-23-2008 at 01:53:26 from 89.17.194.17

Los semaforos del futuro [ING]…

Una pantalla virtual,a modo de barrera, en la que se muestran en rojo/ambar/verde las imagenes de peatones cruzando…..

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Richard Chapman Says, in 4-23-2008 at 09:14:42 from 71.123.80.43

I don’t believe you can make a right hand turn while pedestrians are on the zebra stripe. If I were King of the World those plasma lasers would be strong enough to do some precision body work on the car of anybody foolish enough to inch forward.

Anon Says, in 4-23-2008 at 18:45:26 from 76.187.19.248

It is not illegal to make a right-on-red in most instances. What I have questions/concerns about is simply this: Most people do NOT stop with their bumper outside the intersection. They stop with the white line somewhere under their auto. Will the image hold up when a car breaks the plane? Will the image be tall enough for the cars behind to see easily (it appears so, but in testing with a small rice rocket behind a panel-truck). Also What is the visibility distance? How far back will one be able to see this projection? In rain? In fog?

Signs and lights used for traffic control are kept to simple 2-D/2-tone images to speed comprehension and help dissuade information overload. Complicating the signs with multiple colors will not be beneficial, as it creates overload and confusion. This will lead to more accidents as folks are a) trying to decide if the light is green/yellow/red. b) are busy watching ads and don’t see the folks barreling down on them from behind and c) How will colorblindness be taken into consideration? Lights are situated in a very specific order, so that folks with Red/Green colorblindness can tell whether or not then should stop.

What is the life span of one of these lights compared to a standard signal? LED signal? What is cost of operation? Repair? Installation?

It looks great, I just have more questions than have been answered.

Anon Says, in 4-23-2008 at 18:46:47 from 76.187.19.248

What is the life span of one of these lights compared to a standard signal? LED signal? What is cost of operation? Repair? Installation?

It looks great, I just have more questions than have been answered.

Furthermore? How does this type of light stand up when the sun is behind the image?

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