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LED bracelets at concerts use infrared communications to light up the crowd
If you go
to a Taylor Swift concert, you could have a front row seat to an Internet of
Things use case.
On Swift’s
1989 Tour that is criss-crossing the globe, concert-goers receive a wristband
upon entrance to the venue. At some point during the show it magically lights
up, coordinated to songs from the queen of pop music.
What’s
really going on here? As this Slate article explains, its powered by a company named PixMob, which specializes in wireless LED technology.
The wristbands use infrared transmitters to control the LEDs on the wristbands
(that’s the same infrared that’s used by remote controls to change the channel
on your cable box). The PixMob LEDs can also be controlled by RFIDs.
Fans
wearing LED bracelets at a Taylor Swift concert at Ford Field in Detroit.
Check out
Swift’s concert in Detroit from this summer to see the bracelets in
action.Here’s another video that shows thebracelets changing colors.
She isn’t
the only one to use the technology. Bruno Mars broke it out at the Super Bowl in and even the University of Michigan Marching Band got in onthe action.
IoT is all
around us.
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