A streetlight that can detect floods and prevent disease

[Cridders88]

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.

A similar thing is happening here, the lights are gradually being replaced by LED lights. There have been complaints about them however and I can see why - they are very bright and if you are standing underneath/near one and happen to look up it does hurt the eyes. I live on a new estate, and with more houses having gone up behind mine, they have put one of these LED lamps across the road opposite my bedroom window. As a consequence, I no longer have a dark room to sleep in. Much prefered the softer, yellow lights. If they could just turn the brightness down a bit I think there wouldn't be a problem.

But yeah, I digress. These Malaysian streetlights seem really practical and are a great idea that I hope catches on elsewhere.