NYC Is Replacing Its 250,000 Street Lights with LEDs

In recent years, we've watched with wonder as boring old yellow halogen car headlights have been replaced with futuristic, Tron-like LEDs. Now, that transition is about to take place on the city scale, as New York City prepares to replace its street lamps—all 250,000 of them—with LEDs.

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Step Aside, Street Lamps: These Ordinary Paths Glow On Their Own

Charging off-grid street lamps with solar power is a positive step towards reducing energy consumption. But what if our sun-baked public walkways also glowed in the dark?

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Instagram Will Begin Carrying Ads - Wall Street Journal

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Instagram Will Begin Carrying Ads Wall Street Journal Facebook Inc. said that it would begin putting advertisements on Instagram, the photo and video-sharing service it purchased for roughly $1 billion in 2012. The announcement, which came an hour before competitor Twitter Inc. unveiled details of its plans for ... Ahead of the Bell: FacebookBusinessweek Instagram: You'll LOVE our 'enjoyable' new feature. Yes, it's advertsRegister Instagram, now with 100 percent more adsNBCNews.com Telegraph.co.uk -CNN -Wired all 208 news articles »

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Here's the Second Hidden Piece In Banksy's "Secret" NYC Street Show

Banksy, the mysterious (er, kind of mysterious) British street artist who popularized stencils in the 2000s, is in New York this month to stage a 30-day exhibit that takes place entirely on the streets. His first piece, yesterday, has already been painted over. But we were able to locate today's feature, which is hidden below the High Line.

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This Giant Submarine Destroying a City Street Is Actually an Ad

Life is strange and unpredictable. Some things have to be seen to be believed, and even then it can be tough to trust your own peepers. Take Milan’s Piazza Mercanti, for instance. It recently became home to what appears to be a submarine bursting through the asphalt. Wait, what?

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