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All right. for a moment last night anyone who could see the empire state building, even busy new yorkers, were stopped in their tracks. it was a spectacular light show blazing from the top of the tower. it could be seen miles away. >> the nine-minute performance involved some 15,000 l.e.d. lights choreographed to music and broadcast on the radio. we got a preview with the man who dreamt it all up. here it is really about the music. the music is the inspiration and couple that with the l.e.d. l...

All right. for a moment last night anyone who could see the empire state building, even busy new yorkers, were stopped in their tracks. it was a spectacular light show blazing from the top of the tower. it could be seen miles away. >> it has 15,000 l.e.d. lights choreographed to music and broadcast on the radio. we got a preview with the man who dreamt it all up. here it is really about the music. the music is the inspiration and couple that with the l.e.d. lighting on the building which is un...

The promise it will be cured with a pill . so often owe find unintended consequences to that not as simple as we first thought it was are sleep aids one of these? >> are a lot of problems inherent with sleeping pills. both over the counter sleeping pills and prescription. the next morning the drowsy driving, its the impaired judgment. the impaired short-term memory. those are really the problems with both as i say the over the counter and prescription pills. >> here is the weird thing. if you ar...

>> john: and you didnt intend to be. you were at harvard law school. you didnt intend to be an entrepreneur. what happened? >> i spent one summer as an intern at a law firm and i said im going to go crazy doing this and my favorite toy growing up was my train set. i started a restaurant which is just like my big train set. i get to play with it every day and i get to pick who i played with. right now we are building an all green hotel that will have solar hot water heating and led lighting throu...

You didnt intend to be an entrepreneur. what happened? >> i spent one summer as an intern at a law firm and i said im going to go crazy doing this and my favorite toy growing up was m train set. i started a restaurant which is just like my big train set. i get to play with it every day and i get to pick who i played with. right now we are building an all green hotel that will have solar hot water heating and led lighting throughout. >> john: because you want to or because you are getting subsidi...

>> john: and you didnt intend to be. you were at harvard law school. you didnt intend to be an entrepreneur. what happened? >> i spent one summer as an intern at a law firm and i said im going to go crazy doing this and my favorite toy growing up was my train set. i started a restaurant which is just like my big train set. i get to play with it every day and i get to pick who i played with. right now we are building an all green hotel that will have solar hot water heating and led lighting throu...

>> correct. >> in fact, they are all tied together. right now -- >> elaborate. >> right now outdoor farming in the united states uses 20% of our fossil fuels, 20%. t. boone pickens said thats about a $700 billion nut, and we -- and we import that oil. what if we didnt have to do that? >> we all want to. how? >> if you use hydroponics with low energy l.e.d. lighting and grow your food next to where you live. theres no transportation costs. >> by virtue of the vertical farm reducing the carbon foo...

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