Green is for Go, Red is for Stop, Yellow is for Go Very Fast!

Today is the 101st anniversary of the very first electric traffic light! The Google Doodle is pretty cool:

Learn more - When was the first traffic light installed? Today in 1914. Vox's article contains lots of neat visuals, including a video, A Trip Down Market Street, 1906 - With Sound! I can't imagine this working well at 50 mph...

Links!

• Libraries, Books, Writers, & Suchlike
• Homme de Plume: What I Learned Sending My Novel Out Under a Male Name 
• Net, Tech, Health, & Science
• Star Trek's original Uhura is going on a NASA mission Not into space - but still pretty dang cool!
• How Google Renewed Its Fight Against Patent Trolls Um. Google collects patents while lobbying against them 
• Obstructions Vanish From Images Treated With New Software From MIT, Google 
• Netflix blazes a trail of equality with unlimited maternity and paternity leave Related: Microsoft increases paid leave for new parents 
• The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here "The worst predicted impacts of climate change are starting to happen — and much faster than climate scientists expected" 
• Yes, Mr. President, We Remade Our Atlas to Reflect Shrinking Ice 
• China is building a massive solar plant in the Gobi desert 
• Education
• Two For-Profit Schools Must Pay Students $2.3M Over Unfair Practices 
• Louisiana
• Officer leaves crash involving cyclist, gets hit by suspected drunk driver 
• Other (Serious Stuff)
• Appeals court tosses Texas voter ID law  
• Other (Randomness)
• Archeologists Unearth The Gate Of An Ancient Biblical City