Progress bar, meet traffic light

While progress indications are a crucial feature of most consumer software nowadays, they are not so common in public technology. Now the "Eko Traffic Light" has incorporated a circular progress bar around a the red traffic light. Designer Damjan Stankovic claims the device would reduce stress felt by drivers and could help the environment.  

The outer rim of the traffic light has segments which turn from red to black in a clockwise direction. The Serbian designer said the Eko can be easily installed onto existing traffic light systems that have a bigger red light.
 

He spent three years developing initial sketches into a prototype that was a winner at this year's Red Dot design awards. The designer is in negotiations with manufacturers. Similar versions are already operational in Ukraine, Thailand and Brazil. Source: Daily Mail, 19 December 2009. tinyurl.com/y8g466o

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