HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
When we all countdown to the New Year, chances are we will be watching the Times Square Ball descend. However, this year, the famed ball is going green and uses as much electricity as ten toasters!
Here are some more tech specs:
- 6ft ball
- 1,100 lbs
- 9,576 light-emitting diodes
- the LEDs are more than twice as bright as the previous bulbs
- capable of creating a palette of 16m colors
- $1.1 million in cost
- 672 crystal triangular panels
- 9,576 lights will substantially increase the brightness to more than 625,000 lumens