Kiwi invents glow-in-the-dark path

London-based New Zealander Hamish Scott spent several years and multiple millions of dollars developing the paths, which absorb sunlight during the day, and glow in unearthly hues at night, making street lighting unnecessary. The UK’s Cambridge City Council has already trialled the surface and was reportedly so pleased with the results it plans to introduce it throughout the city.

Meanwhile in other ‘brilliant Kiwi eco inventions doing well in the UK’ news, two Auckland academics have won the Prime Minister’s Science Prize (and $50,000) for their technique for recharging batteries through thin air.

The invention of Professors John Boys and Grant Covic allows an electric vehicle to recharge its battery by simply parking over a pad, and is being trialled in London on a fleet of 50 vehicles.

The professors have already earned millions for the University of Auckland from their idea, and now they’re looking at taking it a step further and greener. Their ambitious plan is to create a system that can recharge an electric car on the move as it drives over buried cables – an invention that could give electric vehicles almost unlimited range on a clean and green power source.

That sounds like ‘goodbye petrol power, hello the clean green future’ to us…