Chameleon Building

I would totally set it up to scroll: "LOLPWNT" every time someone who had just been fired was leaving the building.
 
you just need to program in a scrolling "[H]" logo in a screen saver type look :D

 
Nice. If they actually were able to integrate weatherproof LCD's to the each face of each element, then the sky's the limit in terms of colors and patterns. Neat stuff.
 
LMAO!!! If it were [H] HQ then I would have display the title then the first post in Kyle's "You all suck..." thread. :D
 
I guess I'm in the minority here: I just see something that sucks up power for bling.
 
ianken said:
I guess I'm in the minority here: I just see something that sucks up power for bling.
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Oh come on. No on gives a shit how much power it sucks off. It's cool. We do and likes things here because they are cool in the nerdiest of nerdy ways.
 
What really sucks is that we will sink millions of dollars into aesthetics on the side of a f'n building but we can't figure out how to make solar panels cheaper...

I mean hell, couldn't those have been engineered to be solar panels as well?

God humans are stupid.
 
Fuzzy Logik said:
What really sucks is that we will sink millions of dollars into aesthetics on the side of a f'n building but we can't figure out how to make solar panels cheaper...

I mean hell, couldn't those have been engineered to be solar panels as well?

God humans are stupid.
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yea, we are... its rediculous... lets go back to trying to make $100 laptops for kids who need medicine and food
 
A bit overkill to me.

Unless one actually loves the moving 3d shapes aspect of it, the general visual effect will be available for much cheaper and in color in 5-10 years from now with OLED paint. Or you could borrow Nissan's color changing paint in the near future for even cheaper.
 
This building should be integrated into the rotating building that shifts too.
 
If it was LCD panels that could change color and go opaque or transparent, it'd be a little more impressive.

It just a lot of tubing and pivoting stainless steel panels.
Clever, but that's about it.

I can't imagine what maintenance would be on the moving bits and the pneumatics.
I also wonder whether it reflects heat or sucks it up.
 
I foresee them doing what people do with Christmas lights and songs during the holiday.
 
If you guys can afford to do that for your [H]eadquarters, then I'm not reading here for free any more!!! LOL

That's freakin' amazing!!! Sweet find!
 
Fuzzy Logik said:
What really sucks is that we will sink millions of dollars into aesthetics on the side of a f'n building but we can't figure out how to make solar panels cheaper...

I mean hell, couldn't those have been engineered to be solar panels as well?

God humans are stupid.
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The two don't equate to each other at all. It's easier to set up an articulating pivoting hydraulic facade than it is to develop solar cells. Have you seen what it takes to make solar cells? Compare it to setting up a facade like the one in the video. Looks complicated but is quite simple. Humans by-in-large aren't stupid, thinking they are is.
 
gathagan said:
If it was LCD panels that could change color and go opaque or transparent, it'd be a little more impressive.

It just a lot of tubing and pivoting stainless steel panels.
Clever, but that's about it.

I can't imagine what maintenance would be on the moving bits and the pneumatics.
I also wonder whether it reflects heat or sucks it up.
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Yeah, the moving parts angle is what I wondered too. A big 'meh' from me. This would have been great before LEDs -- imagine steampunking a building like this in the 1920's. But now? An LED in the corner of each window will do the trick, last a lot longer, and cost a lot less to run. Use tri-color LEDs, and now you can do color combinations!
 
I give that building 1 week before one of the individual units breaks down, and the entire display is ruined by the "stuck pixel" lol.
 
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