From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   One of my interns is a student at Cal Poly and did the automation for   
   their Rose Bowl parade float. That's PCs, hydraulics, motors, LEDs,   
   and the big animated google eyes on the robot.   
      
   https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2026/01/01/rose-parade-2026-awa   
   ds-announced-top-honor-goes-to-cal-poly-universities/   
      
   They won the prize for best float. He rode inside with three other   
   guys to drive and run everything.   
      
   I asked him what the display technology is for the big eyes. It's the   
   LED billboard hardware, lots of LEDs in little boxes addressed as   
   shift registers.   
      
   I recall that our departed friend Jim Thompson said that he invented   
   that LED billboard circuit.   
      
      
      
   John Larkin   
   Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center   
   Lunatic Fringe Electronics   
      
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