Blinkenlights

[burntaxis]

Check out this cool project some people in Germany put together.
WARNING: Huge video files!

Video links:
Full size 255MB
Small size 80MB

Website:
http://www.blinkenlights.de/

Cliffs Notes: They wired up a building to blink the lights in the windows, and used it as a display for videos and games.

 

[io_303]

hmmm sounds interesting, I will let you know in 20 min when it is done downloading

 

[burntaxis]

hmmm sounds interesting, I will let you know in 20 min when it is done downloading

It's a huge video, but it's worth the download. I wouldn't post it otherwise

 

[rei]

geez.. its going to take me forever..

 

[io_303]

thats cool, and its open source. I would love to try to get some people togeather in STL to try that

 

[burntaxis]

Unfortunately, that 80MB video is the smallest one available. If you have a slow connection you can still check out the pictures and stuff.

 

[rei]

Im at 95%.. Ive got cable, but still slow..

 

[rei]

I got to 99% and it froze!! ahh!!

 

[burntaxis]

I got to 99% and it froze!! ahh!!

doh, that sucks. Many browsers will let you resume a file, so just try again.

 

[big_dan]

lol it said thae name was derived from "hacker jargon" i figured it was becaues there were a bunch of blinking lights... i guess i would be wrong tho

 

[rei]

no I was too frustrated and closed it.. ah oh well.. what exactly is in the video anyways?

 

[burntaxis]

no I was too frustrated and closed it.. ah oh well.. what exactly is in the video anyways?

They wire up a building, so that the window lights blink in an 8x8 grid, and then use that as a display. They play Pong on it and show movies, and people can send in messages to be displayed. It's pretty cool, but the huge download kinda sucks.

 

[98civichx]

that is awesome....great idea but it is no more i would hate to have to clean that mess up lol 5 km of wires and junk.....o well great vid man

 

[nd4sped]

haha that is so cool..Im suprised I have never seen anything like this in the States.