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Listen to this article INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Transportation and Purdue University plan to jointly develop the world’s first contactless wireless-charging concrete pavement highway segment. The project will use innovative magnetizable concrete — developed by German startup Magment GmbH — enabling wireless charging of electric vehicles as they drive. “Indiana is known as the Crossroads of America and we’re committed to fortifying our position as a...

Indiana saw 32 highway work zone deaths in 2019, the most recent year with available data. Thats higher than any year in almost a decade. But researchers at Purdue University are trying to use data to stop accidents before they happen.