German Town Embeds LED Traffic Lights on Crossing Ground for "Smartphone Zombies"

Augsburg, an university town in south Germany now can call itself a safer city for the so-called "smartphone zombies" as it is to officially embed LED lights to the road to display traffic lights to pedestrians that bury their head in the mobile, reoprted Sputnik Germany.

All these "smombies"  need to do is to follow the traffic lights on the ground, eliminating the need to look up to the lights at the crossing. 

Stephanie Letmen, a spokeswoman of the local authority in Augsburg told the journalist that the perculiar lights are not merely designated for smartphone users. These lights improve the road safety as a whole. 

The town decided to pilot the embedded LED lights at two crossings by tram stops. LED lights, being placed in the pavement along the curb, switches to red accordingly when a tram approaches, said Lermen.

These LED traffic lights can be programmed wirelessly and they do not need power supplies.

Impacts these LED lights pose on pedestrians and tram drivers will be closely monitor from now on. 

Disclaimers of Warranties
1. The website does not warrant the following:
1.1 The services from the website meets your requirement;
1.2 The accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the service;
1.3 The accuracy, reliability of conclusions drawn from using the service;
1.4 The accuracy, completeness, or timeliness, or security of any information that you download from the website
2. The services provided by the website is intended for your reference only. The website shall be not be responsible for investment decisions, damages, or other losses resulting from use of the website or the information contained therein<
Proprietary Rights
You may not reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, display, perform, publish, distribute, disseminate, broadcast or circulate to any third party, any materials contained on the services without the express prior written consent of the website or its legal owner.

Signify, the world leader in lighting, launches Puzzle – the first luminaire of its kind to combine striking, continuous light with office compliance, task-ready performance and a breakthrough in sustainable design using 75% recycled PET... READ MORE

A compact temperature sensor from ams OSRAM monitors conditions inside a dairy cow’s body, revealing what’s not yet detectable from the outside. Embedded within the smaXtec bolus sensor, it detects physiological changes at an early... READ MORE