Video: Building billboard features millions of LEDs

| 2 Comments | No TrackBacks

Share |


A big building, and a big display. Think of it as a "building-vertisement", consisting of millions of LEDs.

This "Media Facade" can be found on Bayer's former HQ in Leverkusen, reports Engadget.

"Built by ag4 media facade GmbH and GKD AG, the massive display apparently consists of 5.6 million LEDs that cover the entire 17,500 square meters of the building, and which can be lit up at will to pump out gigantic advertisements worthy of any science fiction movie."
Apparently, its status as a building billboard saved it from being demolished.

No TrackBacks

TrackBack URL: http://www.electronicsweekly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/67291

2 Comments

So how much power does this use (in this new age of limiting power usage to prevent global melt-down)?

Also the music upset the people in my office; imagine how it must be for everyone to hear that 1/2km from the building...

Very good point about the power, Alan. On the music, though, I assumed that was dubbed on he video! Otherwise they would be getting into Jean-Michel Jarre territory! Imagine that on constant repeat.

Leave a comment

LED Lighting guides

See also Electronics Weekly's roundup of content related to LEDs, with a special focus on both white LEDs and coloured LEDs, and Lighting LEDs.

* White LEDs

* Coloured LEDs

* LED Lighting (1)

* LED Lighting (2)

* LEDs General

* LED optics

* OLEDs

* 50 year history of the LED








Recent Assets

  • Paul Ward Farnell.jpg
  • Photometric Optical Testing Services.jpg
  • LED generic 2 - 104 x 80.jpg
  • LED generic 2.jpg
  • OLED on foil from TNO-Holst Centre in Eindhoven.jpg
  • 8-bit_jack_o_lantern.gif
  • Audi A8 Ostar.jpg
  • led spanners.jpg
  • led spanners 0.jpg
  • led optics.jpg
OpenID accepted here Learn more about OpenID
Powered by Movable Type 4.37

Sponsored by Texas Instruments

This blog is brought to you in association with Texas Instruments.

Archives

Recent Comments

  • Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on Video: Building billboard features millions of LEDs: Very good point about the power, Alan. On the music, read more
  • Alan on Video: Building billboard features millions of LEDs: So how much power does this use (in this new read more

Author Profiles

Paul Ward
As Opto Product Manager at Farnell, Paul is overseeing the company's involvement in the rapidly evolving and high profile LED lighting market sector.

As well as ensuring that Farnell offers the latest technologies and products related to solid state lighting, Paul is also responsible for ensuring that the resources are in place to make it easier for design engineers to specify and design-in LED solutions for their applications.

Educated in Production Engineering and Design at Sheffield Hallam University, Paul has worked in various engineering, training and marketing roles for companies including C&K switches, ITT Cannon, Cherry and LED specialist Chicago Miniature Lighting.

Away from the world of LEDs, Paul is a Founder of the charity RTTW, Photographer and Harley Davidson rider; he has ridden and snapped across Europe, New Zealand and the USA on his chrome hog!

Gordon Routledge
Gordon Routledge is one of the original pioneers in LED illumination having worked with LEDs in illumination applications since 1996. Currently VP of Illumination at Dialight, Gordon founded Lumidrives in 2001, having previously been managing director at ACDC Lighting Systems. Gordon has a degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from university of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.

Ian Bryant
ian bryant.jpgIan Bryant is Business Development Manager LED Division at Carclo Technical Plastics. He has worked on and off at Carclo (Formerly Combined Optical Industrial) since leaving school. He has worked through the company from Toolmaking to starting the company on the road of LED optics business some 6-7 years ago, starting with a standard range and more in line with the business of custom optics. In between all this he has worked in engineering and as a works Director for a hydraulics company but kept getting pulled back to the optics industrial. We are able to offer the full solution from idea to parts so have a very good understanding on what is needed. You will see some posts from our design team also under my name.

About this Entry

This page contains a single entry by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com published on October 15, 2009 3:17 PM.

Zumtobel sets up OLED luminair company in Dresden was the previous entry in this blog.

Mitsubishi blasts out 155-inch OLED display is the next entry in this blog.

Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.