Howdy folks and greetings from the Great Plains of North Texas!
I saw a couple things that interested me this week. I hope both will be coming to your town and neighborhood because they're both significant improvements in my opinion.
The first one is an improvement to the ancient traffic light design. Traffic lights were invented in 1914 and first used in Cleveland, Ohio and no one has ever come up with a better system, until now.
A big improvement. I think.
Let me know what you guys think but I think this new design is better. It's an hourglass design which lets you know when the light will change so you don't have to guess.
This will make it much safer for vehicles approaching an intersection to know when to start braking, for instance.
And when you're sitting there at the light and it seems like it's taking forever, this will let you know how long of a wait you have. They're calling them Sandglass Signals and they're designed by Danko Designs:
Here's how they work:
The next one: Finally. Great looking solar panels
I know alot of people don't like Tesla but I think the guy is brilliant. His company now has structured glass solar panels that don't look like the bulky, unattractive glass boxes on your roof. The roof IS the solar panel. Check these out:
I'm glad I waited to get solar panels because of these. They're expensive of course, especially at first but you get a 30% tax credit from the government.
Number three
Ok, this isn't really an invention but it's so cool I decided to throw it in anyway. This beautiful beast is the Rezvani Tank X. They make it in California. It has a supercharged V8 engine with 1,000 horse power! lol.
The engine is from a Dodge Challenger Demon and this thing has some great features:
an EMP protection shield to ensure all electronics work in the case of EMP blast.
a night vision system
ballistic armor
Kevlar armor
bulletproof glass
military-grade run-flat tires.
Is that cool or what? Starts at $155,000 for a basic model but for one that's loaded with all the neat features and gadgets we're talking $400,000. lol.
These babies are pretty big too. Actor Jamie Foxx owns one, here he is getting out of his. He's 5 ft 9 so this shot gives you an idea of how big the Rezvani is:
A step comes out when you open the door and retracts when you close it.
I was really going to put it on my list until I saw the price tag! It'd be a great SUV to have if the stuff hits the fan but it needs luggage racks to hold gas cans because the beast is a gas hog!
Thanks for reading folks, God bless you all!
-jonboy
Texas