It’s not that China’s living in the future; the US/Canada/Europe/etc are stuck in the past.
From India it’s 3000 CE
the cities are indeed nice but should not be taken as being representative of the country as a whole. people living outside cities matter, too, and rural areas are not yet as developed.
Chinese villages and rural areas are well developed too. They are the best in all of Asia.
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How many LEDs do they need on each building to make it look like that?
I’m a professional LED scientist and my expert answer is “a lot”
Do they all have to be plugged in?
as an LED scientist I believe each LED has a tiny solar-powered battery attached to it, and that battery has an emergency battery attached to it in case the first battery breaks, and in some cases there’s even a third one
I’d expect nothing less but truth be told I was a little concerned that standards would have slipped with cost cutting.
as an LED scientist I’m excited for the new energy source coming in 2024: microscopic artificial suns attached to each LED
The future is now.
I don’t know if this is helpful, but if you’re leading the team on this, you might want to consider hooking up the microscopic artificial suns to their own solar panels just in case they run out of fuel.
I have a similar system set up for my home. One downside is that I can’t turn anything on at night or in the day but it’s very efficient nonetheless and my energy company was very supportive.
That is an absolutely brilliant idea, I will certainly discuss it with my team. We have also considered attaching emergency batteries to the artificial suns in case the fusion needs to be restarted
That is really beautiful and cool