Virtual Wall is an innovative device that makes it safer for pedestrians to cross the road by projecting laser images when the red traffic light is on. Designed by Hanyoung Lee, the goal is to heighten driver and pedestrian awareness and to encourage both to follow the crosswalk rules. Since I always have to find the negative in everything, that’s just what I do, I had one question. What happens when you need to make a right turn on red? Do sirens start wailing when you blow through the red lasers? Does your car get fried into a pile of dust? Questions I don’t have the answer to, but the concept is genius regardless, especially when a pedestrian is getting Joe Blacked by a taxi cab every 9 minutes in New York City.

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