{"id":672350,"date":"2010-02-21T18:59:18","date_gmt":"2010-02-21T23:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/flyfire-mini-helicopters-create-3d-light-display\/14269\/"},"modified":"2010-02-21T18:59:18","modified_gmt":"2010-02-21T23:59:18","slug":"flyfire-mini-helicopters-create-futuristic-3d-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/672350","title":{"rendered":"Flyfire: mini-helicopters create futuristic 3D display"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/flyfire.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"Flyfire is a cloud of LED-carrying helicopters controlled in synchrony (Courtesy of  'MIT ...\"><\/p>\n<p>The basis of most 3D systems is to &#8220;trick&#8221; our eyes into believing that an image shown on a flat screen has three dimensions, but what if you could throw away the screen entirely! It sounds simply too far-fetched and impossible to choreograph, but that&#8217;s exactly what researchers MIT&#8217;s SENSEable City Lab and Aerospace Robotics and Embedded Systems Laboratory (ARES Lab) have created with Flyfire &#8211; a cloud of LED-carrying micro-helicopters controlled in synchrony to show unique animated light displays in three-dimensional space. ..<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/3d\/\" rel=\"tag\">3D<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/color\/\" rel=\"tag\">Color<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/control\/\" rel=\"tag\">Control<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/digital\/\" rel=\"tag\">Digital<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/display\/\" rel=\"tag\">Display<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/helicopter\/\" rel=\"tag\">Helicopter<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/helicopters\/\" rel=\"tag\">Helicopters<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/image\/\" rel=\"tag\">Image<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/led\/\" rel=\"tag\">LED<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/light\/\" rel=\"tag\">Light<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/pixel\/\" rel=\"tag\">Pixel<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/robotics\/\" rel=\"tag\">Robotics<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/smart\/\" rel=\"tag\">Smart<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/space\/\" rel=\"tag\">Space<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/technology\/\" rel=\"tag\">Technology<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/tiny\/\" rel=\"tag\">Tiny<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/wireless\/\" rel=\"tag\">Wireless<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/nasa-boeing-contract-ares-avionics\/8550\/\">Boeing wins Instrument Unit Avionics contract for Ares I launch vehicle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/3414\/\">Sunnybrook HDR displays 40,000:1 resolution<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/7896\/\">Boeing wins construction bid for Ares I<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/3271\/\">Claro Holographic TV<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/3103\/\">KODAK Stereo 3D Display<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/mit-copenhagen-electric-bicycle-wheel-hub\/13626\/\">MIT debuts the Copenhagen Wheel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/PzPexZv7TrEqqIesiezYvOgEdoA\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/PzPexZv7TrEqqIesiezYvOgEdoA\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/PzPexZv7TrEqqIesiezYvOgEdoA\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/PzPexZv7TrEqqIesiezYvOgEdoA\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=yrxwT00gqWI:l1OPC0U2Npo:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=yrxwT00gqWI:l1OPC0U2Npo:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=yrxwT00gqWI:l1OPC0U2Npo:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=yrxwT00gqWI:l1OPC0U2Npo:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=yrxwT00gqWI:l1OPC0U2Npo:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=yrxwT00gqWI:l1OPC0U2Npo:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=yrxwT00gqWI:l1OPC0U2Npo:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/yrxwT00gqWI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The basis of most 3D systems is to &#8220;trick&#8221; our eyes into believing that an image shown on a flat screen has three dimensions, but what if you could throw away the screen entirely! 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