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It’s come to this; flying billboards

Today, we’re more likely to measure the progress of humanity by Blade Runner rather than biblical omens, plagues, locusts, etc. Even though we have plenty of that going on as well. By the Blade Runner scale, we’re hurtling towards the abyss.  Japanese communications giant, NTT Docomo showed off a wealth of technology at the International Broadcasters Convention. It always does. ...

Robert Dow

Today, we’re more likely to measure the progress of humanity by Blade Runner rather than biblical omens, plagues, locusts, etc. Even though we have plenty of that going on as well. By the Blade Runner scale, we’re hurtling towards the abyss.  Japanese communications giant, NTT Docomo showed off a wealth of technology at the International Broadcasters Convention. It always does. We saw amazing 8K screen it seemed you could walk into.  But, NTT put its flying drone-based billboard front and center at IBC’s Future Zone and the bright spinning blue orb stopped people dead in their tracks.  The system is
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