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Solar powered advertising letters
A grocery might have a thing that says "Pudding 3/$2" Now each of these letters is PV powered like a photovoltaic pathlight so they glow | |
Advertising, where would we be without it? Essay aside, actually I am not sure.
Think of photovoltaic pathlights, they fill up with electricity gradually during the day, then glow for a while. Each letter at a letterboard or billboard could be PV powered, and the light output (mW) could be standardized
so the letters would all glow with equal illumination.
As an affordable letterboard this would give more firms the ability to have big glowing letters beckoning to people.
Recently I saw a letterboard advertisement, "Score Now With Amazing Unbelievable Wows!" That is what it actually said. So I think it could say that even better wwith automatically illuminating letters.
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This is actually a good idea, apart from the bit about // this would give more firms the ability to have big glowing letters beckoning to people. // |
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Who wouldn't want a large illuminated sign reading "GO STICK YOUR HEAD IN A PIG" somewhere on their premises ? |
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This Idea fails to take into account the fact that sunlight is
normally hugely brighter than almost any average indoor
lighting. Thus more energy is available for those outdoor
lights, allowing smaller solar cells to gather what they
need. Indoor light-powered displays will need larger solar-
cell arrays. |
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Also, who would eat a pudding worth only 67 cents? |
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If your counting on sunlight to shine through the picture windows at the front of the store, the glass blocks some of the energy and the posters, graffiti and paint block some more. |
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I was thinking mostly of exterior letter boards and *billboards* |
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