"Caution" - Building a futuristic elevated highway. The road surface modules.
I'm actually almost done with this part of my project, but I want to get it to 100 percent before sharing the whole thing. For now, here's some of the steps I'm going through to make it.
My goal is to make a full road standard that I can continue to expand upon in the future. The lane width conforms to the New Hashima road cube standard, so it is possible to connect to such cubes. For side roads and alleyways I am using painted road markings, but the main roads will be lit by an array of addressable WS2812b RGB LEDs, thus the clear markings on this section of road. Each 32 stud long section is kept physically and electrically separate via connectors between the sections, so they can be removed easily in the future if need be. The RGB LEDs are run by an Arduino built into the road module. The LEDs can change color, turn on and off, fade in and out and basically anything you can imagine, and they can run a long program that allows their behavior to change over time. My current section of elevated highway consists of 20 sections like this one.
The road system and its markings are a mix of influences from around the world. This 'caution' marking is Japanese and uses the blocky lettering of some Japanese lane markings.
"Caution" - Building a futuristic elevated highway. The road surface modules.
I'm actually almost done with this part of my project, but I want to get it to 100 percent before sharing the whole thing. For now, here's some of the steps I'm going through to make it.
My goal is to make a full road standard that I can continue to expand upon in the future. The lane width conforms to the New Hashima road cube standard, so it is possible to connect to such cubes. For side roads and alleyways I am using painted road markings, but the main roads will be lit by an array of addressable WS2812b RGB LEDs, thus the clear markings on this section of road. Each 32 stud long section is kept physically and electrically separate via connectors between the sections, so they can be removed easily in the future if need be. The RGB LEDs are run by an Arduino built into the road module. The LEDs can change color, turn on and off, fade in and out and basically anything you can imagine, and they can run a long program that allows their behavior to change over time. My current section of elevated highway consists of 20 sections like this one.
The road system and its markings are a mix of influences from around the world. This 'caution' marking is Japanese and uses the blocky lettering of some Japanese lane markings.