World’s Strangest

Forget tranquilizer darts – that’s the stuff of Hollywood. Real police officers use taser, even on a wayward emu: Authorities in Mississippi said they had to handcuff an emu and shock it with a Taser to remove the ostrich-like flightless bird from a roadway. Oh, and they used handcuffs, too. I’m assuming they meant emu legcuffs: Link [...]

The U.S. Department of Transportation granted $100,000 to the Idaho-based startup Solar Roadways to build a prototype roadway composed of solar cells and glass. The accumulated energy could, hypothetically, be used to light the roadway and provide electricity to consumers: The 12- x 12-foot panels, which each cost $6,900, are designed to be embedded into roads. [...]