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On one side, I'm not sure how to feel about such disposable electronics. How will you feel when you throw out a quad-core processor and the birthday card it's powering?

On the other side, I'm a little surprised nobody's developed a mini-quadcopter billboard yet. Think of an array of small flying devices, each hockey-puck sized device would hold a battery, 3-color LED, radio, and maybe a processor -- they would auto-arrange into a grid, and light up in patterns to make images when seen from afar.

(This should be possible with current technology, and the business applications are undeniable.)



I've fleshed out the details. It's not quite realistically feasible today, but this should be available in 10 years.

The biggest hurdles to overcome are:

-Creating the flight management software

-Networking 260,000 devices with wifi technology

-Getting 5-6 MWh into the air to charge these 260,000 devices each hour.

-Battery life expectancy.

http://gilgatech.tumblr.com/post/49231953391/quadcopter-bill...




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