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This looks beautiful, going on the video. Its similar to light shows in other world class cities (Like in London, and the Eiffel Towel in Paris)
The ultimate screensaver!
I'd like to tinker with switching on/off few hundred leds at a time but haven't found a source for a board yet. Bonus points if it'll power RGB colored ones.
$97 million increase from lights on a bridge?
Extremetech, please remove Onswipe, its only effect is slowing down loading when it's less appropriate.
ditto for every site that uses that piece of junk. Onswipe has to be the worst thing to happen to the web in years.
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Exactly, although you need a function to make the number look precise. (ex. $97 million but NOT $100 million)
It'd be very interesting to collect a large pile of estimates like these and see if they come even close to following Benford's Law[1].
> [...] only $11,000 will be needed to power the display per year. That might sound like a lot of money, but an estimated increase of $97 million dollars in local business will probably change your mind. $97 million increase from lights on a bridge?
What's so hard to believe about that?
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Exactly, although you need a function to make the number look precise. (ex. $97 million but NOT $100 million)
True enough. It'd be very interesting to collect a large pile of estimates like these and see if they come even close to following Benford's Law[1]. 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benfords_law
Does any hardware hackers out there have a source for the large scale switching boards that are at least semi-affordable? I'd like to tinker with switching on/off few hundred leds at a time but haven't found a source for a board yet. Bonus points if it'll power RGB colored ones.
I'm really surprised and impressed that with such an installment only $11000 is needed to power it per year. LED is such an impressive piece of tech.