revamp idea

Watching IDEO inspired me to design and create, but thinking about something that could be revamped was really hard. I kicked a few ideas around and the best idea I could come up with a stoplight redesign. A lot of the spotlights still are the old big boxes that sway in the wind on a wire. When I go visit my family in Tampa Florida, I saw several new stoplights that were fixed on metal bar that extended out above the road. To me I thought this seemed much safer that traditional wire lights, especially with all the extreme storms that Florida gets. I thought that the revamp could go farther. The lights could be replaced with LED lights, which could last longer, and solar panels could be attached to the top. The stoplights could basically run its self and would require less maintenance. Any extra energy could be sold back to the power company to be used by other people. LED lights are also much brighter than traditional lights so smaller lights and boxes, using less materials. Of course it would take alot of money to change all the lights in the US but I think that the money that the stoplights would give back would be worth it in the long run.