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Drone Swarm Creates Star Trek Logo In London Sky

Posted by Unknown on from the cooler-than-the-movie-itself dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Did anyone actually witness these flying lights by realityimpaired · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'd imagine that people had no trouble seeing them. Have you ever tried to take a picture of the night sky with a digital camera? Most of them, especially the cheap P&S or cell phone cameras that people would actually be likely to have on them, have a hard time picking up the stars too, even though they're plainly visible to anybody who bothers to look.

  2. Re:Just wondering... by tehcyder · · Score: 4, Interesting

    No one cares about Dr. Who

    No offence, but go fuck yourself with a cricket bat.

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