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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, presented by BMW
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Border Tuner: An Interactive Light Bridge That Goes Both Sides of the Mexico US Border
Sombra's Border Tuner was an interactive light bridge that went either side of the Mexico US border which is obviously very controversial during the Trump campaign. The project basically was massive bridges of light made with 10,000 watt xenon search lights. There were six stations and you had a little dial so that in each of the stations you could actually control where the lights were pointing at. So as you tuned it it would scan the horizon, penetrate the airspace of the opposing country. And when my lights and your lights intersected in mid-air the computer would open a bi-directional channel of communication so that you could hear me and I could hear you. If I didn't like
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