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Baby turtles grateful for in-road lighting
Baby turtles grateful for in-road lighting
By Peter Kerr for sticK
(sticK - Oct. 18 2010 ) By doing away with overhead lights on some of its beachside roads, more than 10,000 Florida baby turtles have been saved by 3i Innovation Ltd.’s in-road lights, according to its state officials.
“The hatchlings are guided by the moon, and traditional street lighting completely throws them out,” says the Auckland-based company’s managing director, Charles Maud.
3i’s still globally unique product is inductive power transfer for lights, in which without needing direct connection, power is provided using magnetic resonance to induce an electrical circuit.
In 3i’s case
this is for light emitting diodes [LED], and the use of its
technology is seen in numerous European tunnels and roads,
as well as an increasing number of other infrastructure
settings such as airports and marine.
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