DIY Bat-Signal is the coolest way to get someone’s attention
Communication is easier than ever, thanks to digital technology. Want to reach out to someone? Call their cell phone, send them an instant message, direct message them on social media, send a FaceTime request, or even write them an email. But what happens when your outreach goes unanswered and you desperately need to get someone’s attention? Well old chum, that’s when you use a high-powered flashlight and a Fresnel lens to blast their personalized signal into the sky, Batman style. In a recent video, YouTuber NightHawkInLight demonstrates how to construct your own personal Bat-Signal.
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Alexis GajewskiAlexis Gajewski
Senior Content Strategist
Alexis Gajewski is a manufacturing writer and editor with nearly 20 years of experience covering the people, practices, and technologies that keep industrial facilities running. For more than a decade, she served as Senior Content Strategist for Plant Services, creating content for plant managers, engineers, and maintenance professionals on a variety of industrial topics.
During her tenure, Alexis worked to develop the brand’s digital strategy and helped launch and produce Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast. She also created The Lighter Side of Manufacturing, a weekly blog that explored the inventive and sometimes humorous side of the industry.
Alexis co-founded Influential Women in Manufacturing, a recognition program that honored 49 women in its first two years, earned an industry award for Best Product Launch, and received a proclamation from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and a commendation from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth.
She also led newsroom operations and development at a large media company where she set editorial standards, developed training curriculum, and helped support AI adoption for more than 150 editors across 80+ brands spanning manufacturing, industrial processing, automation, and more.
Additionally, Alexis works as a freelance writer and editor, and her areas of interest include continuous improvement, the skilled workforce, and the role of emerging technology on the plant floor.
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