It's a cone shaped lens for LED traffic lights. (credit: CBS) The device was invented by Chris Bichon, a soft-spoken engineer who was partly inspired by a CBS4 investigation into LED lights.

"The LED lights to not emit enough heat to melt off snow and ice that may accumulate on them," said Kent Barnard, a communications specialist at the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

LED Traffic Lights Can't Melt Snow, Ice. By Stephen Markley. October 3, 2018. Share LED bulbs use 90% less energy than incandescent bulbs, and states such as Wisconsin have seen savings of ...

Cities around the country that have installed energy-efficient traffic lights are discovering a hazardous downside: The bulbs don't burn hot enough to melt snow and can become crusted over in a ...

The cause is linked to traffic signals that use LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, instead of incandescent bulbs. LED lights are brighter, last longer and save energy.

Energy-efficient LED traffic lights may not melt snow, but they do cause accidents. Skip to main content. Menu Digital Trends Computing AI Mobile Gaming Entertainment Audio / Video Autos Videos Search ...

When snow hits Springfield, LED traffic lights are proving to be too cool. LED stop-and-go traffic signals are 80 percent more energy-efficient than traditional incandescent bulbs, but, unlike ...

Workers are replacing thousands of green and red light bulbs in traffic signals throughout the state with vivid, beaming light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs that are easier to see, especially in ...

BUffalo, New York: LED traffic lights and snow. Written by Harry Fuller, Contributor Dec. 23, 2009 at 7:46 a.m. PT I've gotten to speak with the head on traffic control in Snow Central.

Cities across the country that have installed energy-efficient traffic lights are discovering a hazardous downside: The bulbs don't burn hot enough to melt snow and can become crusted over in a ...

The same innovation that makes laptop screens thinner turns out to be one of the best energy-saving technologies on Earth - and it's all thanks to new tricks that make it possible to create more ...

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, announced this week the introduction in the British capital of LED technology at around 3,500 traffic lights, located in some 300 junctions across the city.