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Share on email At first glance, "Starpath" seems to be an urban park mounted on Christ's Pieces in Cambridge, England.  However, this is the first bike in the world that benefits through the materials with which it was made, not only cyclists, but pedestrians, the environment and the municipality where it is located.   More details to follow. The main element that makes up the "Starpath" is a liquid applied on its surface which, during the day, absorbs UV rays and at night, emits light.  One of the creators of this idea, Hamish Scott, Office  Pro-Teq  , explains that this bike works as if it had "  a mind of its own "because the intensity of light changes depending on the levels of natural light available in the environment.  Thus, the more intense glow is emitted during the night when there is less natural light. The bike path was built in Cambridge Park covers 150 m² and it worked as planned, helping to reduce accidents with...

Don't look down!  By STEPHANIE DARRALL, November 2011 I t is certainly not a path for the faint-hearted. On one side a sheer rock face, on the other a 4,000ft drop - and all to separate the brave traveller from a deadly plunge is a 3ft-wide, 2.5in thick walkway. And if that is not enough to bring terror into the pit of your stomach, the path running alongside a Chinese mountainside is made out of glass, allowing a crystal-clear view of where one false step can take you. So it was perhaps understandable that this woman tackled the walkway by sticking as close to the cliff as possible, feeling her way along with tentative steps. Don't look down: A brave tourist walks along the glass path that was built of the side of a cliff 4,700ft above sea level on Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, China Dazzling: A glass path suspended on a cliff face has been built on the side of the Tianmen Mountain in China The skywalk  is situated 4,700ft abov...