First glowing Van Gogh-Roosegaarde bicycle path in the world

The new Van Gogh-Roosegaarde bicycle path is made of thousands glowing stones inspired by 'Starry Night'. It charges at daytime and gives light at night. The path combines innovation with cultural heritage in the city of Nuenen NL, the place where Van Gogh lived in 1883.

This is the second Smart Highway Project which are interactive and sustainable roads of tomorrow by designer Daan Roosegaarde and Heijmans Infrastructure. The goal is to make smart roads by using light, energy and road signs that interact with the traffic situation.

As we reported last week, another Dutch town, Krommenie, installed solar panels on a bike commuter path outside Amsterdam. The power generated by the panels will be funneled into the national energy grid

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HEDON

HEDONIST was created for those devoted to the joy of the ride and pursuit of unabashed pleasure. Our most comprehensive range, HEDONIST has a flavour for every rider. Available in a wide spectrum of shades and finishes in matte or gloss, all helmets are trimmed and lined in genuine calf leather and features our distinctive logo plaque in copper and brass.

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The Ridiculous $137K Superbike That’s Too Gorgeous to Ride

 This is not surprising, given that the C-01 was designed by Daniel Simon, the same guy behind the Lightcycles in the Tron reboot. It was built not by Lotus, but by the German motorsports firms Kodewa and the Holzer Group. They licensed the Lotus name for their pet superbike project. They’ll build just 100, and each will fetch a little over $130,000. That kind of scratch gets you a rolling piece of engineered art–not a proper superbike.

 “On a project like the C-01, things like seating ergonomics, airflow, engine cooling, suspension mounts, frame stiffness, etc. have a direct influence on the design,” Simon tells WIRED. “Conventional bike design avoid most styling trouble with very modular thinking, meaning each part like a gas tank, seat, tail, and fairing have their own lives, even if they come together in great harmony. With the C-01 we tried to blend many of those elements together, creating continuous automotive shapes and lines that run all the way from the headlight to the tail.

 The fairing, which sweeps over the headlamp, is sleek. It’s pretty. And it’s almost certainly useless at speed. If you’re lying flat across the fuel tank and squeezing all 200 horses from the modified KTM 1,195cc engine, that fairing won’t offer much protection from the wall of air pushing against you, trying to rip your hands from the grips.

 This is not surprising, given that the C-01 was designed by Daniel Simon, the same guy behind the Lightcycles in the Tron reboot. It was built not by Lotus, but by the German motorsports firms Kodewa and the Holzer Group. They licensed the Lotus name for their pet superbike project. They’ll build just 100, and each will fetch a little over $130,000. That kind of scratch gets you a rolling piece of engineered art–not a proper superbike.

 The fairing, which sweeps over the headlamp, is sleek. It’s pretty. And it’s almost certainly useless at speed. If you’re lying flat across the fuel tank and squeezing all 200 horses from the modified KTM 1,195cc engine, that fairing won’t offer much protection from the wall of air pushing against you, trying to rip your hands from the grips.

CALIBRE DE CARTIER DIVER WATCH

 Their new watch is called the Calibre de Cartier Diver, and in steel it costs £5,700. Not exactly a drop in the ocean, but in the world of luxury watches, not eye-wateringly expensive either.

So far, so technical. But because this is Cartier, it’s got some dandyish flair, too. The case has been thinned to just 11mm, which is impressively skinny for a watch that’s water-resistant to 300 metres. And Cartier has made sure its signature Roman-numeral-dial and sapphire cabochon set into the crown are in place, too – a sign it wants you to feel you can wear this watch with a wetsuit, a three-piece suit and everything in between. And, frankly, you should.

VANHAWKS VALOUR CONNECTED BIK

VANHAWKS VALOUR CONNECTED BIKE

As increasingly more people give up their cars in favor of biking to work, it only makes sense that necessity would drive our bikes to get smarter — more capable of handling the risks and challenges of an urban commute. The Vanhawks Valour Connected Bike combines intelligent technology with lightweight carbon-fiber construction for a bike that's truly meant to handle the busy city streets. 

Connecting to an iPhone, Android, and Pebble app using Bluetooth, this bike lets you plot your routes, giving you turn-by-turn directions, and offers blind-spot detection, theft alerts, fitness data, and so much more. Better still, it connects with other Vanhawks Valour bikes, helping to improve your routes over time so you can avoid congestion, potholes, and other pitfalls.

DRIFT LIGHT

SAFFRON DRIFT LIGHT

It's rather counterintuitive that a light bulb would be designed around helping you sleep better, but that's the case with the Saffron Drift Light. 

Powered by high-efficiency LEDs, the Drift puts out warmer light than most bulbs — which is good for melatonin production — and mimics the natural sunset by slowly dimming over 37 minutes, providing a smooth transition to sleep. 

 Need a little bit of light on? Not to worry, as it also has a Moonlight Mode that will keep you from taking up outlets with night lights.