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Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2011. 27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012. Inertia - Mass - Friction - Amazing Physics! Glow-In-The-Dark Smart Highways Coming To The Netherlands in 2013. UPDATE: And Holland delivers – glow-in-the-dark highways are now a real thing! Transportation thoroughfares in the Netherlands are about to take a big leap into the 21st century.

The Dutch design firm Studio Roosegaarde and Heijmans Infrastructure, a major European road construction company, will transform roads in southern Holland into smart highways beginning in the middle of next year. Over the next five years, features to be implemented will include glow-in-the-dark roads, paint that illuminate to warn of icy conditions, interactive and wind lighting, and an induction priority lane for electric cars, once the particulars of scale for that technology are worked out. With much of the focus on innovation in transportation aimed at automobiles, the Dutch designers opted to focus instead on the roads themselves.

Their vision is to create a sort of “Route 66 of the Future” to save energy costs, make roads safer, and promote sustainability at the same time. Wheel momentum Walter Lewin.wmv.