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Re:Ten-year-old invents light-up crosswalks, IBM makes them ... by guard-of-terra on Sunday December 23, 2012 @11:46AM (#4959856)
I am sorry but the idea is not new at all.

http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/air-zebra/ And the implementation is in the works - laws being passed to make those required.

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Re:Ten-year-old invents light-up crosswalks, IBM makes them ... by DanBC on Sunday December 23, 2012 @12:45PM (#4960036)
Do you think you might be missing the point of the video?

EDIT: And your link is nothing like the zebra crossing shown in the video.

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Re:Ten-year-old invents light-up crosswalks, IBM makes them ... by Firehed on Sunday December 23, 2012 @01:04PM (#4960092)
It's not, but the problems it tries to solve are the same and it seems to do a better job solving them.
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Re:Ten-year-old invents light-up crosswalks, IBM makes them ... by dainix on Sunday December 23, 2012 @12:06PM (#4959919)
Interesting that IBM left it in that case! Nevertheless impressive for young-in :)
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