Before Lighty could be obtained, the researchers working on the project needed to know the precise dimensions of both the large and small lighthouses, to ensure that the screens and lighting elements would fit – cue an epic quest around Southampton to locate an existing lighthouse for measurement. This quest was carried out by DHBE’s…

If you look closely at one of the pictures in the post on ‘What’s going on in the mechanical workshop?’ you’ll see that there’s a fan in the outer casing of the light. There’s also a fan within the inner region as well (see below), and you might well be wondering what these are doing…

The mechanical side of the lighthouse construction is being carried out by the wonderful Mark Long from the mechanical workshop. He’s been hard at work constructing the frames for both the large and small lights and attaching the grids of LEDs. After this, the interactive screens will need to be integrated, which will involve cutting…