Technology Innovation and Christmas Lights

Carson Williams, a Mason, Ohio electrical engineer who works for GE sequenced Light-O-Rama channels that control the 16,000 Christmas lights in this spectacular video (it gets better and better - keep watching. If you have problems with that site try here or here). So his neighbors are not driven batty, his music is transmitted on an FM channel for  drive-by viewers .

The music is from "Wizards in Winter" by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra whose website says “Go into the street, throw a rock at someone, you will make them angry. The emotions of love, empathy and laughter are much harder to trigger, but since they operate on a deeper level, they bring a much greater reward.”

Quite a holiday gift!

PS - Dec 24 - Miller Lite is showcasing the video in their holiday commercials so if it looks familiar, you may have seen it here first!

Comments

[Zoli Erdos]

In the California version of this story Alan Aerts converted his mansion into the most spectacular Christmas display Ive ever seen. It cost him $250k every year, he and his family were outside serving cookies and hot chocolate, they attrected 100k-120k visitors year by year until their neighbors got fed up:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/special_packages/holiday_guide/13330830.htm

[Vinnie Mirchandani]

I liked the technology angle in this one.

On the CA guy - at least they made a few hundred kids happy for a few minutes...the guy in FL who has hung Santa has caused distress.

BTW I heard Carson had to shut down his lights this week because emergency vehicles could not get through on his street because of all the cars looking at his display.