1E Disco Dance Floor Those wild and crazy guys at MIT are at it again.
As you probably know, it is never a good idea to discuss anything at 3:00 AM. At some point Grant and Scott started talking about computer controlled dance floors. This was a very unfortunate night. Then we discussed color-mixing red, green, and blue LEDs. This was a far worse night which led to many seemingly drunken declarations of the need for "multiple shades of purple." Gradually our concepts got more and more ambitious, and we toyed with the engineering problems involved. Neither of us was particularly serious, and we certainly didn't expect anything to result from the conversations. Unfortunately, it turns out that the more you talk about something that isn't serious, the more likely you are to forget that it isn't. Before long, you're spewing some nonsense about a vast USB controlled dance floor that can play video streams and people are looking at you like you're serious.
- 1,536 LEDs
- 128 square feet
- 4,096 colors
- 30 frames/second
- 20,000 hand-soldered connections
- ...best parties ever!
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