Olympic LED show

[rrawlings]

was anyone else taken by the LED light show in the stands at the opening ceremony?  I was thinking how huge a project that had to have been for the guy that sequenced that.

[smeighan]

In LOR forum they found a post from australia with the numbers
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Try these on for size:
There were 640,000 pixels spread across 70,799 small panels mounted between the seats;
These were connected by 317km of cable;
15,000 square metres of staging were used;
50 tonnes of sound equipment were used in a million-watt PA system which connected 500 speakers – more than double the main stage at Glastonbury;
40,000 recycled plastic water bottles;
10,000 recycled plastic bags;
57,000 separate garments;
7,500 volunteer cast;
The white balloons carrying the Olympic Rings to space started at 1m diameter and reached 10m as they hit the stratosphere.


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[mkozik1]

A mere $42 m i l l i o n dollar production 

[Steve Gase]

A mere $42 m i l l i o n dollar production 

it would be interesting to add up what we've all spent in this forum and hobby.   

[mkozik1]

A mere $42 m i l l i o n dollar production 

it would be interesting to add up what we've all spent in this forum and hobby.   

I think too many would be afraid of what they would see 

[rrawlings]

I am not very far into this and I still don't want to add it up.  The day i do I lose plausible deniability.

[wwwgator]

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And the Company that pulled it off...

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