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1,499 Drones Recreate Gigantic Nutcracker Ballet, Set World Records

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Orchestrated by drone show performance company Sky Elements, a recent recreation of characters from The Nutcracker ballet successfully set two new Guinness World Records. The show used 1,499 choreographed drones flying above the Birdville Fine Arts and Athletic Complex in North Richland Hills, Texas, to achieve the feat, and it must have been a sight to behold in real life. At least there’s a video for those of us who live behind computer screens.

The first record was for the largest aerial display of a fictional character using drones, awarded for a giant Nutcracker stretching 700 feet into the night sky. The second was for the largest aerial image formed by drones, for an absolutely massive picture of a Christmas tree in front of a window with snow falling behind it. Maybe it’s true what they say after all: everything IS bigger in Texas.

Will the records get beaten in the coming year? Almost certainly. As a matter of fact, if I had an army of drones, I would beat them myself. But I don’t even have a single drone, so their records are probably safe from me, provided 2,000 drones don’t fall off the back of a truck in front of my house.

[via TechEBlog]

This House Does a Christmassy Version of the Gangnam Style–With Lights!

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It all started with PSY and now it seems like everyone’s doing it. The Gangnam Style, I mean. I’m not exaggerating, because the phenomenon has spread and it seems like it’s not beneath anyone (or anything) to do the horsey dance these days, from prison inmates and mother-and-child tandems to U.S. Navy robots and houses. Yes, you read that right: houses.

How? Well, certainly not by moving its foundations and fluttering its doors and windows open and close. Instead, this house ‘performs’ the Gangnam Style with Christmas lights. It’s a pretty good light show overall and injects a holiday theme into Psy’s viral hit. And in a strange and funny kind of way, it actually works.

Hit the break to check out the light show.

Merry Gangnam Christmas!

VIA [ Geeks Are Sexy ]


Space Invaders Light Installation is Exactly How I Picture the Invasion

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This is how the end of the world begins. The landscape is filled with thousands of these glowing invaders. You can shoot and shoot, picking them off one by one, but they just keep coming in wave after wave. Dear God, will we ever be rid of them? I heard an rumor that some guy in Iowa shot down the mother-ship, but I don’t know man. They just keep marching across the sky.

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Soon my platoon will run out of ammo. These aliens don’t even care. They just keep flapping their arms. Also, soon those pylons that we are taking cover behind will be all shot up. Tell my wife and kids I love them. I gotta go kill some more of these green bastids.

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Yeah, that’s how it happens. But anyway, enjoy this Space Invaders LED light show in the streets of Toronto, Canada. Then go prepare for the inevitable day when the aliens arrive.

[via Obvious Winner]