Future Digital Roads

• Dutch company has begun testing their glow-in-the-dark roads
• Lines containing the 'photo luminising  powder are painted along the side of roads
• Powder absorbs daylight and then releases it for up to ten hours at night
• Enables roads to be lit sustainably without the use of streetlights

Same technology could be used to build interactive roads in the future

It absorbs sunlight in the day and releases it at night, providing drivers with clear markings on where to go.

For example, weather symbols could be painted on the road that appear when the temperature reaches a certain level.

HOW THE PAINT WORKS:

• Special lines are painted along the sides of roads.
• These lines contain a ‘photo-luminising’ powder that charges in the day.
• At night, the powder releases a green glow. 
• After absorbing daylight the paint can glow for up to ten hours, all through the hours of darkness.
• The lines are bright enough that future roads could use them in place of streetlights.