Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has put on a drone light show in a remote mountainous area of southwestern China, to promote public health education messages. The 1,000 drone show aimed to relay six medical messages to local residents in the Yi ethnic group, about the importance of maternity testing, childhood vaccination,…
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Prolights fixtures light up red carpet at 007 film premiere
A total of 343 Prolights StudioCob LED Pars were among all-LED lighting package of over 500 fixtures deployed at last week's 'No Time To Die' premiere at the Royal Albert Hall. The lighting fixtures were supplied by Impact Production Services (IPS) to Limited Edition Event Design, which designed, installed and…
Energy company drone show sets Guinness World Record
A Guinness world record for the most consecutive formations by a single group of drones has been set as part of a promotional campaign for energy company E.ON SE. The record was set by Nocturne Drone Shows, Jens Hillenkötter and E.ON SE at an event in which 150 drones flew…
Formula 1 landmark encircled by eight million LEDs
Formula 1 fans attending the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix held were the first to witness the transformation of an iconic landmark of the Kingdom of Bahrain into a new permanent video and lighting installation. One of the most recognisable buildings in the country, the clubhouse tower at the Bahrain…
Drone show world record set by luxury car brand
The Guinness World Record for the most unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) airborne simultaneously has been broken, with a display by 3,281 drones to mark the launch of Hyundai's luxury vehicle brand Genesis into the Chinese market. The drone show took place in Shanghai on 29 March. The show offered witnesses…
Royal Horticultural Society gardens lit with Cameo fixtures
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is the world's leading gardening charity and for more than two centuries, has been the passionate force at the heart of horticulture. The RHS inspires millions of people to get involved in gardening, whether that’s through visits to one of the four UK gardens, inspirational…
Vincent Van Gogh drone show breaks world record
A 600-drone show lasting 26 minutes and 19 seconds depicting the life of Vincent Van Gogh has achieved a Guinness World Record for the longest animation performed by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The show was put on by the EFYI Group of China, supported by Tianjin University, using 600 Agile…
Largest UK drone show features mute symbol
AV Award-winning drone swarm specialist Skymagic has put on a 300-drone New Year's Eve show featuring an image of a "You're on mute" symbol from a videoconferencing call and a Black Lives Matter fist salute. The live show, which was filmed in London and broadcast on the BBC1 TV channel,…
Pixel Artworks paints a rainbow in the sky
Pixel Artworks has lit up the skies above London’s Greenwich district with the colours of the rainbow as it harnessed cutting-edge creative technology to fly the city’s very first drone light show above a former royal residence. Captured as part of an internal R&D project using experimental photography and video…
LED lighting upgrades for leisure post-lockdown
LED lighting specialist Ventola Projects is supporting the leisure industry in its recovery efforts following permission to reopen facilities in the UK, including projects with one of the country's largest tenpin bowling alley operators, the Ten Entertainment Group. Ventola has fitted a new range of VAvR LED lighting systems developed…