The image was discovered by the Wide-Field Infared Survey Explorer (WISE), which scans the night sky for lights in the infrared range to discover more about different aspects of astronomical objects.
Jet-Vac for instance was initially called Air-Hawk and had lights in his vacuum pack and was a whole range of colors before the design settled on the metallic blue look he has today.
While a battery-shaped indicator lights up to show remaining battery capacity, the mile range indicator fluctuates wildly as it constantly projects how far you can go if you continue on your present course.