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submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/35787303

Sometimes a flashlight just isn't enough. The Flying Sun 1000 drone system was designed with that fact in mind, as it uses 288 airborne LEDs to light up the night like the alien mothership from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

What a tease. People are going to think a UFO is finally there to save them from this apocalyptic hellscape.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

If we are aliens' experiments or zoo, they better come down here right now before we extinguish ourselves lol

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That, too, is part of the experiment.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

~10 minute flight time. Starts at $50k. Youch.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Thank you, I was about to click in to see what the batteries fits something like this were. 288 leds is a kinda common per meter count for LED tape. But powering them takes a lot of watts.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It drags a wire so it can be powered from the ground.

this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2025
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