GreenPix creates massive, self-sustaining LED display in China
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted May 4th 2008 9:02PM
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沙发
这是很漂亮！很有用。
Babel Fish says:
Sha? □is very attractive! Very useful.
China Come on! @ May 4th 2008 9:05 PM
Sofa
This is very beautiful! Useful.
Lolz at Yevron, we posted at the same time! :)
(I used google translate.)
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 @ ！
Can we get a human translator to translate this person's comment?
Too bad everyone's gonna boycott the olympics and they'll have no one to show it to !
FREE TIBET !!!!
Flashpoints a hipster.
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.
@flashpoint
ILL TAKE IT!
hello china, i have something you want.
thats right, all the tea.
@Flashpoint
thats what happened in the 1980 & 1984 Olympics but guess what happened? NOTHING.
have fun boycotting while im partying
@andres
You have no idea how much I appreciated that Family Guy reference...
I can see it now...
"Wow look at that, how cool - EEEEK!!!"
(smash)
right up the ass of the car in front....
andres, Keep the south park references coming!
@ Flashpoint
F**k Tibet.
Machine translation FTL.
"First post
This is very pretty and useful!"
Google toolbar said:
Sofa
This is very beautiful! Useful.
Basically, he said "First! This is pretty and useful."
His username is "Go China!"
WOW What a USELESS DISPLAY!
USELESS DISPLAY > HUMAN RIGHTS ? = NEVER IN A CIVILIZED WORLD
FREE TIBET FROM CHINA'S BRUTAL POLICIES !
Whoa... since when did "sofa"="first post"? I always wondered that wandering through Chinese forums.
WOW. Just WOW.
What's wrong, Trinity?
Some huge-asze, rainbow colored sentinels coming in, sir.
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.
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.
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.
;)
我喜欢谁。I take chinese. i dont need google translate
I studied Chinese for 2 years in Fu Dan University, Shanghai China.
你喜欢谁？为什么不告诉我们？
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.
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.
@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.
@ nikster
That's very democratic of you... Too bad China is communist...
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.
Is the building filled with resistors?
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?
So how many ohms can a resistor have before it is banned from China?
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. :)
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.
*Imagines switching to green energy
*Imagines playing videogames with it
What's wrong with it? I like it
videogames sound like a legitimate use of green energy. It keeps kids off of drugs.
Videgames. My Anti-Drug.
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.
I was expecting to see colours.
Me too! I am totally sure this is a fraud, because no ballerina has tits THAT big.
Ditto, the video images are all black and white.
That looks like a design mock-up video.
Too much Chinese in this thread.
pretty neat.
im okay with this as long as nobody does Pee pee in my coke
too much racism in this thread too
And with Kei's comment, too much lame oversensitive-ness.
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 !!