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People to Power Times Square New Year's Party

GeekSugar — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:00:39 -0800

The spectacular Times Square New Year's Eve celebration is already going to be that much more entertaining this year with the bigger Times Square LED-covered ball, and now Duracell has announced that they will power the ball with batteries charged by people.

They've recently built a "power lodge" in Times Square, which features rows of bicycles with generators that are connected to massive batteries. Visitors are able to take part in the pedal power that will provide enough power for the batteries to last 10 to 15 minutes during the live show. In total, Duracell is expecting 230 hours of visitor participation to reach their power goal by Dec. 31. Talk about going big and eco-chic!

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Times Square New Year's Eve Ball to Be Bigger Than Ever

GeekSugar — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:30:53 -0800

Get ready, get set, because this year's New Year's Eve in Times Square is going to be bigger and better than last year.

How? Well the signature Times Square ball, will be twice as big as previous years, being covered in more than 2,668 Waterford Crystals.

And not only that, but it will be powered by 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDS, giving it that picture-perfect colorful kaleidoscope effect. Too bad I won't be in NYC for the festivities!

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3-2-1 Happy New Year From geeksugar!

GeekSugar — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 04:01:58 -0800

After wrapping-up our best of 2007 polls, I've realized that the past twelve months have been filled with incredible new devices, websites, applications, video games and software. Apple proved to be the ultimate mover and shaker in the tech industry with the innovative iPhone, Apple TV, the new MacBook Pro, the widescreen Nano, and the iPod Touch. . .Let's just hope Steve Jobs had a rockin' party last night to match his rockin' year! Hopefully, you were able to catch The Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop last night on TV or in person. This year, the world-famous event went green as the ball was covered with 672 Waterford crystal triangles and 9,576 state-of-the-art LED bulbs. The new and improved ball was twice as bright as last year's, creating more than sixteen million colors for a muti-colored masterpiece. Here's to a healthy, happy and exciting 2008!

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