![]() Reply JaquiloRise Additional comment actions. To check out the build for yourself, check out the video above. (x-post from r/gifs) comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment Punisher2K Additional comment actions. ![]() In the end, the crew produces a 1,000 pound Bat Signal that rivals the movies, even creating interchangeable logos styles to pay homage to the evolution of the Bat Signal. To house the LEDS, the guys create a custom barrel big enough to fit a full grown man inside, but hit some snags when it comes to creating a circuit that won't overheat when powering those intense LEDs. The crew uses four mega-powerful LED lights, which give off the same light as 750 household lightbulbs or 12 IMAX projectors, to create their Bat Signal. But bringing this to Bat Signal levels is harder than it may seem. The Hacksmith Industries guys show this via a small-scale model using a flashlight. You also have to place a convex lens a specific distance away from the image to make it visible and in-focus on your final surface - and flip the image upside-down to account for refraction. But even that isn't enough to project a clear image in the night sky. To make an image appear on a surface, you need to put a cut-out of that image in front of a light source. In the stories, the signal is used by the Gotham City Police Department as a method of contacting. It is a specially modified Klieg searchlight with a stylized symbol of a bat attached to the light so that it projects a large Bat emblem on the sky or buildings of Gotham City. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play The Batsignal (or Bat-Signal) is a distress signal device appearing in the various interpretations of the Batman mythos. That's mostly because the light needs to hit something to actually project an image and because light, in general, is finicky. Getting a projector-like light to beam up into the clouds isn't as easy as the comics or movies make it appear. On June 8th, 2009, BuzzFeed highlighted a multi-pane machine code comic in which Dick Butt is revealed in a note from the superhero Batman (shown below). In a YouTube video documenting the project, James Hobson of Hacksmith Industries clarifies that a functioning Bat Signal is largely a thing of farce. But leave it to the guys behind the ultra-popular YouTube channel Hacksmith Industries to create a functioning Bat Signal that outdoes the "real" thing. While you may think creating a real Bat Signal is as simple as shooting a gigantic beam of light into the night sky, it's actually much more complicated than that. Though Batman may be fictional, his Bat Signal doesn't have to be, thanks to some high-level engineering and serious problem solving. They aren't cool enough for our buddy Bruce.) Without it, how would he be summoned to handle anything amiss? (Forget cell phones. Face it: Batman is nothing without his famous Bat Signal.
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