1. Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36

   … title="thumb" width="100" class="right" title="Self clean action" }} Shaw’s eventual design consisted of four glass beads placed in two pairs facing in opposite directions, embedded within a flexible '''rubber moulding''' which was mounted o…
   …d in the road and fixed in position with asphalt. When vehicles drove over the dome the rubber contracted and the glass beads dropped safely beneath the road surface. {{image url="cats-eyes-night.jpg" class="right" title="night road" width="" }…
   …e collected rain water and whenever the top of the dome was depressed, the rubber would wash rainwater across the glass beads to clear away any dust or grime that had gathered there, just as the human eye can be cleansed by tears, simple and eff…

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