A streetlight that can detect floods and prevent disease

[Emiliano]

That's really awesome. Stuff like street lights are a necessary part of a city or towns infrastructure, and since you're going to need them anyway, it's a great idea to have them serve secondary purposes too. Especially when it comes to public health and safety.

LED street lights in general though, I get why they are desirable. But at the same time they are sort of unpleasant. NYC is in the process of replacing all of our older street lamps with LED and the different color and intensity has some people really upset.

But the Malaysian example's benefits seem to drastically outweigh the negatives.