Intelligent street lighting illuminates the way to digital roads Posted by AlishaOwen on Monday February 14, 2022 @03:19AM from the gov.uk dept. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/intelligent-street-lighting-illuminates-the-way-to-digital-roads-for-national-highways ( 1 comment | 5 points | on HN )
Sounds almost like they're thinking mesh network?
Overall putting sensors into lights makes sense though given that it solves the power side and physical location and wireless can cover coms