Drone Swarm Creates Star Trek Logo In London Sky 118
garymortimer writes "As a harbinger for the Paramount film 'Star Trek — Into Darkness', starting in May in Europe's cinemas, last night a swarm of 30 mini-helicopters equipped with the LED lights drew the Star Trek logo into the skies over London. The choreography for the show was developed by Ars Electronica Futurelab from Linz (Austria). Quadrocopter maker Ascending Technologies GmbH from Munich (Germany) provided the aircrafts."
Considering it's a for a J.J. Abrams Movie ... (Score:5, Funny)
LED Lights? (Score:5, Funny)
Don't try this in Boston
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Drone servers (Score:5, Funny)
In related news, The Pirate Bay is now formally refusing to take further donations for its airborne drone server plan [slashdot.org]. A London spokesman for the website said, "We've got more than enough capacity and redundancy now!", as he laughed mischievously and looked up towards the quadrocopter-filled sky. Paramount did not take our calls for comment.
Fuckin JJ Abrams (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Fuckin JJ Abrams (Score:5, Funny)
Not from the other side :)
Re:LED Lights? (Score:2, Funny)
LED Lights
It is important to distinguish Light Emitting Diode Lights from my new invention, the Dark Emitting Diode Lights!
These new form of DED Lights beam a high intensity ray of stupid out at 35 degrees, blinding with dull sparkling amazement anyone near by.
Re:LED Lights? (Score:5, Funny)
It would be illegal in the US anyway thanks to the FAA.
It wouldn't be illegal if it were for national security or for the children.
Re:Fuckin JJ Abrams (Score:4, Funny)
Re:LED Lights? (Score:2, Funny)
LED Lights
It is important to distinguish Light Emitting Diode Lights from my new invention, the Dark Emitting Diode Lights! These new form of DED Lights beam a high intensity ray of stupid out at 35 degrees, blinding with dull sparkling amazement anyone near by.
It's been done, we call it television. :-)
In the future, when a permanent smog (Score:5, Funny)
obscures the skies, these will be our constellations. ...interrupted every five minutes or so when the drones re-form themselves into an ad for hemorrhoid cream.
Re:The Only Interest..... (Score:5, Funny)
It's almost like they can't be bothered to just build the ships and go on location in space.