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The following link has a great summary of how Coldplay went about making these wristbands work: http://stevencrowley.com/2012/03/27/coldplays-wireless-hardware-startup/The core technology behind it is low-power RF. Each wristband has LEDs that are controlled by a single, centrally-located RF transmitter whose signal emissions are coordinated with the music and stage lighting. The RF transmitter transmits a 60 kHz-wide signal centered on 869.5 MHz at a power of less than 1 watt, using a Frequency-shift keying (FSK) modulation scheme.

Steve Shafer is correct that cost is an impediment to change, and that many productions have already made a change to LED lighting.You might not have noticed because, in the case of stage lighting, most of it is designed and marketed to mimic traditional stage lighting….look at the market for PAR can lighting. There are also retrofit LED bulbs/drivers for existing stage fixtures.Only recently has LED tech caught up to producing high grade, high intensity White light, which is why much of the market may still seem to be incandescent/halogen/high pressure spots and set lights, for now.Anytime new technology comes along, the cost v payoff factor has to be taken into account. If my current lighting rig is already paid for, is sufficient for productions, and I can add my utility costs to each production bill…what is the need to shut down, tear it all down, shop through vendors, and reconfigure?

X-Men actually has tons of these examples:Dazzler for instance. she can convert sound into light. which essentially means you’re a popstar with your own firework and stage lights. turns out she can focus those light into an ultra powerful heat laser, and she once absorbed the world-ending sound energy from Black Bolt himself. converting it into an insane level of damage to one-shot him. she also once converted the sound off the ocean’s roar into a massive beam strong enough to stun Galactus.Shadowcat aka Kitty Pryde, her power is to become intangible, and it mess around with electronics, which means:She is pretty much a one-shot killer against any kind of technology based enemiesshe can literally rip someone’s heart or any organ out of their bodies by just making that organ tangible.3. worst. and probably most painful way to die. she can leave someone half or fully inside a solid matter. fusing them to it forever. she did it to the Hulk. Of course Hulk rips himself off the ground and regenerated his legs. but imagine if that happens to someone without healing factor.Invisible Woman aka Susan Stormher power is to create forcefield. and turn herself invisible with it. for a while its just shown to create crappy shield that tend to get broken by strong powers. but turns out she can use that field to make other people’s eyes invisible. therefore blinding them. she can also create tiny force fields to instantly kill a man by making their carotid artery explodes. or just their head altogether.even the full force of almost all of the Avengers are no match for her forcefield explosionoh and she did this to a celestialtwiceBonus mention : Aquamanlet’s forget the part where he’s a king. he’s strong, fast, he has aquakinesis, he can control monsters etc. and just remember his supposedly lamest superpower. he talks to fishwell. this is the correct explanationalso explained that. since every creatures evolved from the Ocean. this means Aquaman can pretty much control EVERY brain of any creature. even a martian’sand apparently later on he explained that he can just shut off any kind of brain in the whole universe and essentially kill them via braindeath. it’s one of those powers that was nerfed or forgotten on purpose due to how ridiculously overpowered it is.