this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2025
44 points (97.8% liked)

flashlight

3244 readers
1 users here now

Portable illumination

Rules:

  1. Be excellent to each other
  2. Don't be the reason we need to make more rules

Related:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Adair21@lemmy.world
Zak@lemmy.world
44
Mobile drone lighting system uses 288 LEDs to turn night into day (newatlas.com)
submitted 4 months ago by JAWNEHBOY@reddthat.com to c/flashlight@lemmy.world
5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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.

top 5 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] JayGray91@kbin.earth 3 points 4 months ago

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

[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] oldfart@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

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