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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. Considering it's a for a J.J. Abrams Movie ... by Psion · · Score: 5, Funny

    All I can say is, "Bad Robots!"

  2. English Motherfucker, Do You Speak It ? by 1u3hr · · Score: 5, Informative

    provided the aircrafts.

    Plural of "aircraft" is -- "aircraft".

    1. Re:English Motherfucker, Do You Speak It ? by SternisheFan · · Score: 5, Funny

      PS2: And it's not the "Star Trek logo", which consists of the stylized words "STAR TREK", but the Starfleet arrowhead emblem.

      (puts on Simpsons' Comic Book Guy voice):

      "Any *true* Star Trek fan knows that calling those 'logos' is perfectly acceptable, I refer you to Wiki-Answers... etcetera..."

      THEY ARE ALL called emblems, or logos, or icons, or badges, which all mean the same thing. - http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_the_Star_Trek_emblem_have_a_name

      "You must go now. For the good of the city!"

  3. LED Lights? by fustakrakich · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't try this in Boston

    --
    “He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
  4. Fuckin JJ Abrams by Starfleet+Command · · Score: 5, Funny

    Figures...the emblem is backwards.