Why Painting the Sky With Drones Is Now an Official Job in China

Why Painting the Sky With Drones Is Now an Official Job in China

In Wuxi, Jiangsu province, an image was worth 1,000 drones. There, the machines converged in the sky to form a Buddha’s hand reaching down to illuminate a tower, making an all-out display out of what began as an AI-generated concept video that had garnered a like from Elon Musk. Such massive drone formations, which can include thousands of synchronized aircrafts, are now transforming skylines across China. Yet behind every eye-popping display are