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In just a few moments the western span of the bay bridge will take on a whole new look. You are looking live right now at the bridge and the debut of its spectacular new lights after several weeks of testing the 25,000 lights that will embellish 1. 8 miles of the bridge will make it the largest led light sculpture in the world. All the restaurants along the waterfront book for tonight event. 25,000 lights will pulse and shimer in nonrepeating pattern controlled by software. The software interprets the energy in motion of waves clouds fog and fish even the cars and trucks that are driving there on the bridge. Now the lights are on the outside of the structure so they are not will not distract them. 6 million contractors in private funds paid for the display that will run for two years once this gets under way. Now we have see the lights tested in pattern over the past several weeks as the artist and those working with him have manageed to get the lights on and the test pattern have been ....
Philips TV Tuner History pt5 Competition and Growth Introduction We have reached the end of the 1980s, probably the turning point in the Philips Tuner history. On the one hand the business has been doing well: constant consolidation of (mainly European and US) competitors has substantially increased the market share and volumes, making it one of the global top3 tuner makers. However, in parallel the emergence of Japanese competition has made the business environment increasingly harsh, with a serious pressure on profitability and thus cost. Although Philips with its UV800 tuner family has probably made the best tuner ever in terms of robustness and performance, this model is clearly too big and expensive and in the coming two decades we will see a continuous drive for cost reduction and the associated size reduction. One of the most remarkable steps in this context is the move to the World Standard Pinning (WSP), with Philips agreeing with its main competitors Alps and ....