Following up on the preceding events held in Cologne and Barcelona, the background chosen this time was the Paris skyline. The Trocadero Gardens in front of the Eiffel Tower provided an impressive setting. After a live link to the International Space Station (ISS) and a roundtable discussion with former astronauts, a 40-minute, multimedia spectacle followed. Altogether, eight, time-code-controlled, full-color lasers interfaced to a fiberoptic-linked, central, computer network were installed in the grounds.
tarm General Manager, Ralf Lottig, noted: "Fortunately, the days of elaborate water-cooling systems and three-phase, electrical cabling as thick as a man's arm are over. Even though all of our rental lasers are air cooled and run off standard, 240V, 16A, electrical outlets, they output beams that are three-times as intense as the totally obsolete, gas ion-lasers that are still being used on the market."
(Jim Evans)
