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On one side, I'm not sure how to feel about such disposable electronics. How will you feel when you throw out a quad-core processor and the birthday card it's p
by stephengillie 14y ago
On one side, I'm not sure how to feel about such disposable electronics. How will you feel when you throw out a quad-core processor and the birthday card it's powering?
On the other side, I'm a little surprised nobody's developed a mini-quadcopter billboard yet. Think of an array of small flying devices, each hockey-puck sized device would hold a battery, 3-color LED, radio, and maybe a processor -- they would auto-arrange into a grid, and light up in patterns to make images when seen from afar.
(This should be possible with current technology, and the business applications are undeniable.)
- stephengillie 14y agoI've fleshed out the details. It's not quite realistically feasible today, but this should be available in 10 years. The biggest hurdles to overcome are: -Creating the flight management software -Networking 260,000 devices with wifi technology -Getting 5-6 MWh into the air to charge these 260,000 devices each hour. -Battery life expectancy. http://gilgatech.tumblr.com/post/49231953391/quadcopter-billboard http://gilgatech.tumblr.com/post/49231953391/quadcopter-bill...