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As solar panels become ubiquitous in most
suburban
areas, there is an obvious opportunity to be had,
using a little of the power they generate to
create
advertising messages that can be seen from
passenger aircraft passing over cities (Few people
with window seats can resist gawping at
the city
below, especially upon approach to the airport).
Some computer wizardry to track the aircraft
across the sky so messages can be correctly
oriented and homeowners can sell the advertising
space on their rooftops to vendors of goods and
services.
Each roof could be a pixel in a gigantic "TV
screen"
on the ground. A bit of programming and clever
circuitry and enough LEDs and you could make it
produce great moving messages.
not excactly a new idea
http://www.google.c...AQ&biw=1024&bih=622
except for the LED and suburban parts [xandram, Jan 17 2013]
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Yes, but even with 500 channels will there be anything worth watching(+)? |
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Local roofing company operates near YLW in Kelowna
BC Canada Use Google maps to see their roof. |
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Suburban rooftop density should enable a decent picture
quality. As you get farther out the increased
preponderance of greenspace will ruin the picture. |
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Unless, of course, you design the message or graphics to fit the mix of landscape and rooftops. In rugged terrain, for example, it might be possible to display a fairly detailed dragon logo, that writhes, twists, and even breathes fire. Sounds like a fun project! |
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If you want to claim that a relative version of the concept has already been baked by using lighted office windows in high-rise buildings to display advertising messages or pictograms, that's one thing. But I don't see anything static in this idea that requires the aerial image to remain unchanged. In fact, I was trying to imply in my earlier comment, the ground image could be as sophisticated as anything currently depicted in conventional neon signage...at least in less densely populated areas. And as [UnaBubba] has already suggested, the denser the population grid, higher resolution images with more sophisticated motion capture can be achieved. |
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Which is why I suggested it could be made into a giant TV
screen, using enough LEDs and clever switching. |
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You'll get a pretty good picture from 10-15,000 feet. |
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Or simply add a tube around each LED, to collimate the
beam in the intended direction. That would overcome
the problem you keep on about, [bigsleep]. |
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In my town, it is illegal to have signs advertising in residential areas. |
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There are minor exceptions. "For Sale" and political ads are OK. Everything else is forbidden. It makes me angry- we have a recession and unemployment, and you can't put a sign in your yard advertising your daycare or your lawn service. |
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Rooftop sign on the Italian/Swiss border: "If you can
read this you're gonna crash". |
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use google maps to see this ad 49.922404,-119.388653 |
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Are you in Kelowna, [Brian]? |
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yeah, that's right by my house (sort of) |
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Wow! Two active 'bakers in one tinpot Canadian town!
Must be something in the water. |
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2 fries must be the other. |
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tin pot town? dunno, maybe. There is a 100,000
people here. Mostly pretty happy about it. (you
couldn't pay most of them to move out) |
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100,000 is not really a big town. Seriously. |
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Well, it's not very big but quite nice anyway. Surely you've heard that before Ubie? |
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That's part of what makes it the nicest town in the
nicest country in the world. |
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There is a Nice town in France I hear. |
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Been there, it is nice. Good place to get drunk, but
pricey too |
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That's what my Marseilles. |
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