GreenPix creates massive, self-sustaining LED display in China

A company called GreenPix has created an astounding combination of sustainable technology and digital media virtuosity, dubbed the Zero Energy Media Wall. The system features the world's largest (so they claim) color LED display, powered completely by photovoltaic cells which are integrated into the glass curtain. During the day, the wall -- located on the Xicui entertainment complex in Beijing -- harvests solar energy, then expends the charge at night in a display of undulating colors. The system goes on display this month, but if you can't make it to China, you can watch a video of the work in action after the break.

[Via Technabob]

[中国加油！ @ May 4th 2008 9:05PM]

沙发

这是很漂亮！很有用。

[Yevon @ May 4th 2008 9:10PM]

Babel Fish says:

Sha? □is very attractive! Very useful.

[Aguiluz @ May 4th 2008 9:10PM]

China Come on! @ May 4th 2008 9:05 PM

Sofa

This is very beautiful! Useful.

[Aguiluz @ May 4th 2008 9:11PM]

Lolz at Yevron, we posted at the same time! :)

(I used google translate.)

[Aguiluz @ May 4th 2008 9:15PM]

Let me try something. I'll tell him/her that I hope he/she is enjoying his/her stay on Engadget.



喂！我希望你享受你留在Engadget @ ！
餵！我希望你享受你留在Engadget @ ！

[JAmerican @ May 4th 2008 9:16PM]

Can we get a human translator to translate this person's comment?

[Flashpoint @ May 4th 2008 9:22PM]

Too bad everyone's gonna boycott the olympics and they'll have no one to show it to !


FREE TIBET !!!!

[Rafer @ May 4th 2008 9:30PM]

Flashpoints a hipster.

[fragge @ May 4th 2008 9:31PM]

noone's going to boycott the games except tibetans and zealots. you're making no difference, and you're letting down legitimate athletes who have been training for years for this elite competition - you sir, are a moron. die in a fire.

[andres @ May 4th 2008 9:53PM]

@flashpoint
ILL TAKE IT!

hello china, i have something you want.
thats right, all the tea.

[Peter @ May 4th 2008 10:34PM]

@Flashpoint

thats what happened in the 1980 & 1984 Olympics but guess what happened? NOTHING.
have fun boycotting while im partying

[kr @ May 4th 2008 10:56PM]

@andres

You have no idea how much I appreciated that Family Guy reference...

[marty.com.au @ May 4th 2008 11:49PM]

I can see it now...

"Wow look at that, how cool - EEEEK!!!"
(smash)
right up the ass of the car in front....

[Abuzar @ May 5th 2008 12:35AM]

andres, Keep the south park references coming!

[Paul W. @ May 5th 2008 1:56AM]

@ Flashpoint

F**k Tibet.

[ericlaw02 @ May 5th 2008 4:30AM]

Machine translation FTL.

"First post

This is very pretty and useful!"

[SKI @ May 5th 2008 8:27AM]

Google toolbar said:

Sofa

This is very beautiful! Useful.

[mmh @ May 5th 2008 9:53AM]

Basically, he said "First! This is pretty and useful."

His username is "Go China!"

[Lobsang @ May 5th 2008 10:50AM]

WOW What a USELESS DISPLAY!
USELESS DISPLAY > HUMAN RIGHTS ? = NEVER IN A CIVILIZED WORLD


FREE TIBET FROM CHINA'S BRUTAL POLICIES !

[Jamar @ May 5th 2008 11:13AM]

Whoa... since when did "sofa"="first post"? I always wondered that wandering through Chinese forums.

[Aguiluz @ May 4th 2008 9:09PM]

WOW. Just WOW.

[Vic20 @ May 5th 2008 12:39AM]

What's wrong, Trinity?
Some huge-asze, rainbow colored sentinels coming in, sir.

[HunterXI @ May 4th 2008 9:22PM]

Though it may not be the most useful thing in the world, it certainly proves that billboards and the like CAN (and hopefully will) be sustainable technologies. Think about Times Square, or Shibuya – the energy use is enormous.

If, as a race, we are committed to making our activities green(er), then we have an obligation to this kind of stuff.

[ScooterDe @ May 5th 2008 2:17AM]

sustainable? Think beyond the energy to run this thing, to the energy needed to manufacture, install and eventually dispose of it. Think of the background computing needed to operate it, and the creation of more visual pollution.

[tekdroid @ May 5th 2008 3:22AM]

ScooterDe, everything is 'green' nowadays! Computers are 'green' all of a sudden if we bling the externals with a bit of basic wood paneling and tell them it's using less watts than the predecessor. Oh yes! No guilt computing at last!

This sign is green because batteries and screen are made out of left-overs from hemp production, naturally. No toxic materials in manufacture at all.

And as we know solar cells assemble themselves as a by-product of photosynthesis.

Why it's a veritable self-sufficient organic system, as GreenPix's website puts it. And just look at the resolution on this monster. Tell me you've seen better. Tetris here we come.

;)

[nintendo fanboy hater @ May 4th 2008 9:26PM]

我喜欢谁。I take chinese. i dont need google translate

[Flashpoint @ May 4th 2008 9:28PM]

I studied Chinese for 2 years in Fu Dan University, Shanghai China.

[中国加油！ @ May 4th 2008 9:34PM]

你喜欢谁？为什么不告诉我们？

[Flashpoint @ May 4th 2008 10:03PM]

RE: Zhong Guo
你喜欢谁？为什么不告诉我们？


I can read your characters but I have to reinstall my typing software.
I like China but I'm not going to make the Olympics due to the controversy.

[joe23521 @ May 5th 2008 10:02AM]

Flashpoint, please take some time to read about Tibetan history before speaking. Tibet has been a part of China since the Yuan Dynasty, which was roughly 700 years ago.

Learn from independent sources, not CNN / BBC, or Xinhua / CCTV for that matter.

[nikster @ May 5th 2008 11:39AM]

@joe - Good to know the history... and that gives China the right to kick out the frickin' dalai lama?? Do you know the Dalai Lama? Well I certainly think not, not in the least. Not in a million years.

I am not saying Tibet must be independent from China. I am saying there must be a vote, people's voice must be heard, freedom of religion and freedom of speech must be respected. No one should be imprisoned or beaten up for expressing their opinion. Otherwise it's an evil dictatorship hosting these games. An evil dictatorship swimming in cash is still an evil dictatorship. Period.

[hiko36 @ May 5th 2008 12:17PM]

@ nikster
That's very democratic of you... Too bad China is communist...

[Wwhat @ May 5th 2008 4:44PM]

It's interesting how china considers so many countries their provinces, and seeing once genghis khan rules the whole continent I'm guessing they consider half the world also 'rebellious provinces of china'? I think the conquests included iraq and pakistan and such, and parts of europe, so yeah they could easily lay claim on everything then eh.
Meanwhile the legitimate leader of china had to flee to taiwan so it's china that's the rebellious province themselves really, ironically.

[Chris Macdonald @ May 4th 2008 9:30PM]

Is the building filled with resistors?

[Onetruebill @ May 4th 2008 11:47PM]

NO, it is not...
In China resistors are not allowed.
If the building was full of resistors it would be surrounded by tanks and you wouldn't be allowed to show it on the news.

It looks like China has just perfected THE 60's,
and YES, you will make a statement if you boycott. You will prove that some americans are aware of the existance of other countries. (not just as an option in the food court at the mall)
Besides, is it really important if it isn't made by apple?

[thethirdmoose @ May 5th 2008 12:14AM]

So how many ohms can a resistor have before it is banned from China?

[Yubastard @ May 5th 2008 2:59AM]

well, only if you can measure the resistance of a single guy in front of a tank... I think that could yield about aaaaaaaa..... 1 TeraOhm?

That kind of resistor is cool. :)

[Flashpoint @ May 4th 2008 9:30PM]

But, if we are going to use green technologies, we shouldn't WASTE energy on advertisement. We should use it for lighting and absolute NEED.

Imagine switching to green fuels and green energy just to waste it playing video games.

[DarkLightConnection Unbanned @ May 4th 2008 10:13PM]

*Imagines switching to green energy

*Imagines playing videogames with it

What's wrong with it? I like it

[d840 @ May 4th 2008 11:11PM]

videogames sound like a legitimate use of green energy. It keeps kids off of drugs.

Videgames. My Anti-Drug.

[Tim @ May 4th 2008 9:49PM]

I'm not gonna debate the merits of art, but now this wall has no windows, and the power generated doesn't go to reducing the electric bill of the building. personally, I can do without that particular art installation. at least its not sucking energy.

[ED @ May 4th 2008 9:50PM]

I was expecting to see colours.

[LarryLarryLarry @ May 4th 2008 10:45PM]

Me too! I am totally sure this is a fraud, because no ballerina has tits THAT big.

[Jenny @ May 4th 2008 10:46PM]

Ditto, the video images are all black and white.

[Joe @ May 5th 2008 4:14AM]

That looks like a design mock-up video.

[Anthony H. @ May 4th 2008 9:55PM]

Too much Chinese in this thread.

[gabe @ May 4th 2008 10:07PM]

pretty neat.

im okay with this as long as nobody does Pee pee in my coke

[Kei @ May 4th 2008 11:33PM]

too much racism in this thread too

[Reader @ May 5th 2008 12:55AM]

And with Kei's comment, too much lame oversensitive-ness.

[kashyaphlk @ May 4th 2008 10:02PM]

Wonderful!! Ad's are here to stay and they shouldn't be using energy. This is the way to go.
I see this being a norm and govt mandatory for all ad in the near future.

And yeah, FREE TIBET !!