How the Freightliner Reveal Was Projected onto the Hoover Dam

60 projectors at 26,000 watts each were synchronized to create a single seamless image with a resolution of 4592 x 2048 pixels on a 420,000 square foot surface. Wow.

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I love the technical execution, but it&#x27;s still tacky. They&#x27;ve created a very large billboard. Nice job?

Amazing bit of projection design work.<p>Also: robot semi-truck = a milestone in the twin, linked curves of heightened production and heightened unemployment.<p>Note to self: fix capitalism soon.

For the Grand Coulee Dam&#x27;s laser light show, they use 4 large frame Coherent Sabre Lasers - 2 red 12-watt Krypton lasers, and blue and green 30-watt argon lasers. That would probably be too complex to set up for this one publicity stunt.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Laser_light_show_%28Grand_Coulee_Dam%29" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Laser_light_show_%28Grand_Coule...</a>

I&#x27;m surprised they didn&#x27;t get any pushback from the Hoover Dam people about creating the illusion that the dam was falling apart.

Off-topic question: Why do people insist on calling The Hoover Dam &quot;one of the top engineering marvels&quot;.<p>Surely, a dam that doesn&#x27;t even make it into the top-25 tallest dams in the world, and is 57th in the world in power generation is not that impressive? <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_tallest_dams_in_the_world" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_tallest_dams_in_the_wor...</a> <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_largest_hydroelectric_power_stations" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_largest_hydroelectric_p...</a>