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企业家斯科特和朱莉·布鲁斯奥（Scott and Julie Brusaw）有一个激动人心的想法。如果所有的铺筑路面都能利用太阳能发电，那将会是什么样？

在爱达荷州(Idaho)一个小城镇工作的布鲁斯奥夫妇，在美国运输部(U.S. Department of Transportation)和众筹(crowdfunding)网站Indiegogo的帮助下，设计了具有未来色彩的道路。他们的太阳能道路是由环环相扣的六边形组成的蜂窝状板块，表面有一层能够承载现代公路压力的特殊玻璃板。

核心创意是什么？

• 零排放电能: 太阳能道路能够减少对碳排放发电厂的需求。
• 智能传感器: 联网的材料板块能够照亮车道分界线和道路标志，甚至能警告司机小心危险物。
• 创新平台: 重新设计道路开启了利用绿色技术的可能性，例如雨水管理以及使用再生材料制造产品。

这对夫妇创办的公司“太阳能道路”(Solar Roadways)在赢得了一项联邦拨款后开始运营。这项拨款旨在帮助小型企业研发变革性技术。他们的示范性停车场能够承受重型车辆、显示路标及融化冰雪。

但是斯科特和朱莉还有更远大的计划，并利用众筹把他们的想法告诉了世界。众筹使创业家能够直接向普通大众推介他们的想法，让人们为有前途的项目捐款或投资。

众筹的成果是惊人的。来自165个国家的近5万人深受这种具有未来色彩的道路的吸引并出手相助，共捐赠了超过200万美元。

“太阳能道路”公司计划提高产量，并有可能为公众铺就具有可持续性的太阳能供电道路。

今天这个停车场，（也许）就是明天的世界！

A road to the future is paved with solar panels

Entrepreneurs Scott and Julie Brusaw have an electrifying idea. What if all paved surfaces could produce power from the sun?

Working in small-town Idaho, the Brusaws designed futuristic roadways with support from the U.S. Department of Transportation and crowdfunding website Indiegogo. Their solar roads are a honeycomb of interlocking hexagons, with a special glass surface built to withstand the stresses of modern highways.

What’s the big idea?

• Zero-emission electricity: Solar roads could reduce the need for carbon-emitting power plants.
• Smart sensors: Networked blocks illuminate lane lines and road signs, and even warn drivers of hazards.
• A platform for innovation: Rethinking roads opens up possibilities for green technology, from stormwater management to manufacturing with recycled materials.

The couple’s company, Solar Roadways, began building after winning a federal grant designed to help small businesses explore transformative technologies. Their demonstration parking lot can withstand heavy vehicles, display road markers, and melt snow and ice.

But Scott and Julie have bigger plans, and used crowdfunding to bring their idea to the world.Crowdfunding enables entrepreneurs to pitch ideas directly to ordinary people, who can donate or invest in promising projects.

The results were staggering. Captivated by the futuristic roadway, almost 50,000 people from 165 countries contributed to the project, donating more than $2 million.

Solar Roadways plans to ramp up production and potentially bring sustainable, solar-powered paving to the public.

Today a parking lot, tomorrow (maybe!) the world.