Solar roadways: a solution to the world’s problems?

Solar Roadways: A Solution To The World’s Problems?

ByKathleen Monin

The creators of this video seem to think that they have the answer to almost all the world’s problems. Imagine roadways that generated cost. Imagine lanes that didn’t need to be painted, and could change whenever new traffic patterns developed. Imagine if roads were pressure sensitive, and could alert drivers when animals or debris were…

Wacky old-fashioned inventions that need to be resurrected

Wacky Old-Fashioned Inventions That Need to Be Resurrected

BySophia Davies

An urban legend says that Charles H Duell, the commissioner of the US Patent Office, declared in 1899 that “everything that can be invented has been invented.” There is no evidence that he ever said such an idiotic thing, and the decades of the early 20th century were some of the most creative in human…