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Bay Lights Project turns SF Bay Bridge into a ‘big-ass display’

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Re: Bay Lights Project turns SF Bay Bridge into a ‘big-ass display’

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post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They've been testing and calibrating. Tonight is the grand launch.

is it a permanent install?

If you read the article it was a "temporary" but probably at least long-term install. There was an issue with calling it permanent. But read the article, it talks about it. :)

Re: Bay Lights Project turns SF Bay Bridge into a ‘big-ass display’

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Hmm, kind of sad that there's no mention of it's forerunner, the Blinkenlights project: http://blinkenlights.net/project It was done by a handful of folks (mostly CCC members) and included an API and the ability to play pong on it via cell phone. The 2002 follow-up was higher resolution: http://blinkenlights.net/arcade

The Blinkenlights project doesn't seem to mention its forerunners either: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwNQqePk8Kg http://bastilleweb.techhouse.org I wonder who was the first to do this.

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