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Glowing Space Billboards Could Show Ads in the Night Sky

posted by takyon on Saturday January 19 2019, @03:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the Eat-at-Joe's dept.

"MrPlow" writes:

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Source: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/glowing-space-billboards-could-light-up-the-night-sky-in-2020/

Look up at the night sky in 2020 and you might see an ad for McDonald's floating among the stars. A startup is planning to use a constellation of tiny satellites to create glowing ads. The satellites would light up different messages for up to six minutes at a time at about 250 miles above Earth.

Also at Futurism.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by drussell on Saturday January 19 2019, @05:00PM (3 children)

    by drussell (2678) on Saturday January 19 2019, @05:00PM (#788689) Journal

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPGgTy5YJ-g [youtube.com]

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  • (Score: 2) by opinionated_science on Saturday January 19 2019, @05:31PM (2 children)

    by opinionated_science (4031) on Saturday January 19 2019, @05:31PM (#788698)

    See Red Dwarf book "Infinity welcomes careful drivers": it was achieved with timed supernovae spelling "Coke adds life!"

    • (Score: 2) by Dr Spin on Saturday January 19 2019, @09:51PM

      by Dr Spin (5239) on Saturday January 19 2019, @09:51PM (#788782)

      I fondly remember a DOS FPS which had a billboard announcing "Dodge City Cemetery welcomes bad drivers" which was visible as each hearse climbed the hill to a funeral dirge after someone was shot.

      Probably in genuine IBM "panoramic" 320x240 CGA (Crap Graphic Adaptor) resolution. (Ie marginally worse than VHS) and monophonic sound - as in only one note at a time - think Rolf Harris Stylophone.

      Yes, there were computer games before Commander Keene - its just that they were not any good.

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    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday January 19 2019, @10:43PM

      by Gaaark (41) on Saturday January 19 2019, @10:43PM (#788796) Journal

      https://vimeo.com/39756246 [vimeo.com]

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