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Dubliners go 8 bit for free public Wi-Fi

You know those signs you see around a number of cities, the ones that announce free public Wi-Fi is available in that area? Well, when Dublin City decided to roll out public Wi-Fi for its citizens and tourists it decided to do things a little differently.

Rather than asking a PR or marketing agency to come up with a standard “Free Wi-Fi in this area” graphic they turned to renowned pixel artist Craig Robinson to create individual characters for each Wi-Fi area in the city.

There are 14 characters in total, each designed in glorious 8 bits representing their own areas of Dublin.  Using mosaic tiles the characters are currently appearing on buildings in the Wi-Fi zones ahead of the full launch on Thursday (31 January).

The characters represent Dublin’s thousand-year history; from its Viking foundation, to more modern characters.  Singers such as Imelda May, Phil Lynott, and the ever present traditional buskers are represented by 8 bit charactures, as are literary characters from Dublin’s past; such as Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker (through his creation, Dracula).

The Wi-Fi is being provided by Spanish company Gowex which specialises in delivering citywide public web access. But don’t think that you’ll be able to download all those movies you want, the network download bandwidth will be limited to just 512 kb/s.

 

Dublin Viking

Dublin Traditional Busker

Dublin Tourist

The Spire in Dublin

Dublin Rugby Supporter

Molly Malone

Oscar Wilde 8 bit

Phil Lynott 8 bit

Dublin Pyjama Girl

Rockabilly Chick

Dublin GAA Supporter

Flower Seller in Dublin

Bram Stoker’s Dracula 8 bit

Dublin City Council Cleaner

Ajit Jain

Ajit Jain is marketing and sales head at Octal Info Solution, a leading iPhone app development company and offering platform to hire Android app developers for your own app development project. He is available to connect on Google Plus, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

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