Credit: Ars Technica
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has been transformed into a massive public art project & will continue for the next 2 years from dusk to 2 am.
http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/03/the-dazzling-glory-of-san-franciscos-25000-leds-now-on-video/ / San Francisco evening 1.8 mile western span two-year-long public art project The Bay Lights northern side bridge section between San Francisco neighboring Treasure Island display a dazzling array 25,000 LEDs LED animated patterns strung vertically twisted steel cables individually addressable over Ethernet copper wire fiber optic network strung filtered 528 custom versions Philips power data supply boxes organizers project constant stream of approximately 32Mbps data flowing across that network control the entire constellation of lights artist Leo Villareal project motion laptop during event local Ferry Building custom-built software press conference Bay Lights debut Mayor Ed Lee tourism lights big art expensive inexpensive cheap $8 million private donations budgeted display de-installation Silicon Valley Google Gmail electricity bill energy efficient one draws a single watt boxes data cables power lights /
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