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Drone shows at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of Olympic Winter Games Pyeong Chang 2018 featured various images, including the Olympic rings and the mascot of the Olympic. The Intel drone light show team provided drone technology called “swarm,” which is controlling numerous drones at once. Their show with 1218 drones broke the Guiness World Record for flying the most drones simultaneously.

What inspires me is how innovative this was. It became the highlight of the Opening, especially, because it was something that had never been done, and that people couldn’t expect. I think this project was very successful and groundbreaking. The next step may be to develop this technology so that it can be used also in smaller scale events, perhaps at a smaller cost.

In the 2018 Superbowl, Lady Gaga also had drones in her performance also with Intel’s Shooting Star platform. Foot-long, eight ounce, plastic and foam quadcopters were flying in sync along the prescribed path. This much larger, unique drone show has grabbed the attention of the world, and will also encourage more varied and in-depth studies of drone technology.