Traffic Lights

This neat design by Damjan Stankovic called 'Eko', is an alternative to the traffic light's widely used now. The Eko light claims to help the environment and road safety. This simple concept is quite useful, allowing drivers and pedestrians alike see how long until a light phase ends.

'Since you know exactly how long you have to wait you can sit back and clear your head for a while. No need to keep your foot on the gas. Relax.'

This seems like a pretty handy idea, and would be helpful in reducing the stress and anticipation that can occur at traffic lights. Some people argue that it'll make people speed off faster. To help counteract this Stankovic has only designed for this technique to work on the red light as opposed to the green.

I can see this design being widely implemented, apparently similar concepts have been used in some countries.