On Call Street Lights: Light By Phone Saves Energy and City ...
No one is on the streets at night anyway, so why pay for the electricity to run the street lights? But residents have revolted. They fear an uptick in crime, or simply for their safety while stumbling through the dark streets to walk the .... The cell phone idea, combined with GPS so only the lights that are needed would turn on, would be a better approach. If this could be implemented so that a very brief call registers a handset with the system, then the lighting could ...