Driving on Glass? Inventor Hopes to Lay Down Solar Roads
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 12:07
in Physics & Chemistry
A truck tire supporting a 36,300-kilogram load repeatedly traverses an 18-meter stretch of road, day in and day out, rolling up 483,000 kilometers on the odometer at the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DoT) testing facility in Virginia. The goal is to thoroughly challenge any new paving techniques and see how the road surface holds up. Now imagine putting a solar panel under there. [More]