Intel created drones especially for such aerial shows. The drones were controlled by just one pilot. During the eight-minute show, drones equipped with multicolored lights formed giant images in the air-from the company’s logo to an impressive Earth globe-all while moving to the rhythm of the background music. This gave Intel the world record for simultaneously flying the largest number of unmanned aerial vehicles. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the tech company, Intel decided to launch 2,018 drones into the air on its base in California. It is difficult to imagine such small machines occupying the place and the attention of a huge explosion in the sky, but we have to think big. In several countries from the United States to China, drones are used as a replacement for fireworks in aerial shows. Every dime we make funds reporting from Chicago’s neighborhoods.Click here to support Block Club with a tax-deductible donation.It is said that drones are the future of open-air events as successors of fireworks. Subscribe to Block Club Chicago, an independent, 501(c)(3), journalist-run newsroom. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago A discarded New Year accessory lays on Wacker Drive as people gather Downtown to celebrate the New Year on Jan. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago Fireworks go off over the Chicago River as people gather Downtown to celebrate the New Year on Jan. 31, 2021.’ Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago The Rapalo family poses for a photo after the firework show as people gather Downtown to celebrate the New Year on Jan. dances excitedly as people gather Downtown to celebrate the New Year on Dec. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago Stacey Johnson of Gary, Ind. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago People inside the London House wait for the fireworks to start as people gather Downtown to celebrate the New Year on Dec. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago Young girls film out of a car window on Michigan Avenue as people gather Downtown to celebrate the New Year on Dec. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago Chicago Fire Department paramedics wear New Years accessories as people gather Downtown to celebrate the New Year on Dec. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago Kali Skrap sells New Years accessories for $5 at Lake Street and Michigan Avenue after much of the holiday celebration wore down on Jan. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago Mike Blach and Vicki Ziecina share a New Years kiss Downtown on Jan.
Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago People record on their phones as hundreds gather Downtown to celebrate the New Year on Jan. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago People blow their noisemakers as hundreds gather Downtown to celebrate the New Year on Jan. Throngs of Chicagoans and visitors alike took to the Loop to watch the display and ring in 2022: Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago Israel and Anna Gallegos dance to cumbia music as people gather Downtown to celebrate the New Year on Dec. DOWNTOWN - A thick fog hung over the city as the chapter closed on 2021, but that did not cloud the celebration of the New Year.Ĭhicago put on its biggest-ever fireworks display Friday night - a 1.5-mile-long show along the lakefront and Chicago River - for the holiday.