Re:Fireflies
by drueter on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @07:47PM
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Apologies for what might be shameless self-promotion, but if you're interested in this idea, you might like my 2012 project , "The Kuramoto Model (1,000 Fireflies)." I built 1,000 microcontroller-based LED devices that synchronized with each other using radio communication, with a similar algorithm to what Nicky used. Link is here:
http://davidrueter.com/projects/2012-the-kuramoto-model.html
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Very good result although the green mind in me screams a bit when thinking about all this waste.
Re:Fireflies
by blacksmith_tb on Friday June 02, 2017 @06:53PM
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Hmm, my city gives away bike lights pretty frequently - they aren't as sophisticated (sadly) but it doesn't seem especially wasteful either way (at least I'd assume that a fair percentage of the riders using them would have bought some kind of light otherwise; and as long as they continue to work, I wouldn't expect them to end up in a landfill). The synchronization is especially fun.