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I'd like to see someone play DOOM (or any game, really) using that flip disc screen!
I was thinking of Bad Apple!![1], but maybe that's too niche. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtutLA63Cp8
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Interestingly, I've never noticed any stuck discs. I'm pretty observant of them as well, because I think they're so cool.
The ones here could have been nearing the end of their life to be fair. They have basically all been replaced with LED signs now.
The old panels had diode issues. It wasn’t the mechanism failing — the simplicity of electromagnets means they last an insanely long time, significantly longer than an LED. The diodes were just cheap and undersized. If you have a stuck disc on an old board, 99% chance you just need to replace the diode. If it still flips but gets stuck on one side, a pin has gotten sticky and needs graphite applied.
I think flipdiscs would be too expensive. Honestly a teletypewriter might be the most realistic, but wastes a lot of paper.
Any other suggestions?
Crazy seeing this posted today. I learned about flipdiscs from ChatGPT just a few hours ago because I'm trying to find a text display type you could build or at least repair yourself. Don't need much just ASCII with enough lines for running commands and output. I think flipdiscs would be too expensive. Honestly a teletypewriter might be the most realistic, but wastes a lot of paper. Any other suggestions?
There is a fairly impressive installation of these at Heathrow airport in Terminal 5 outside the BA lounges. Struggling to find a decent video on YouTube, but this one’s not terrible https://youtu.be/G03WA30yFMI?si=hx5aLlrj_BH21yr2
I did the same for my office and bought used LAWO flipdot panels for this. Screenshot of the thing here: https://github.com/aivju/flipdotz
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The prices I’ve seen mentioned are around USD$3-5 per “pixel”. Similar to all the ePaper projects that show up here, they’re expensive but cool gimmicks.
Whole dollars per pixel is insane! The whole mechanism looks very 3d printable... I wonder if one could design one with PCB coils and a large 3d print only? If so, cost could probably come down to cents per pixel... You'd probably also need a single 'C' shaped piece of steel for the magnetic flux path, but you might be able to find a supplier for the right shape already used for something else you can buy in large qu…
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> "Oceans" is a kinetic sculpture that embodies the dynamism of the world's oceans within the arid landscape of Las Vegas. Crafted from 483 motorized elements known as "Brixels," this piece mimics the movement of the sea's surface. The sculpture is alive with the pulse of the planet's waters, ... All I can see are bars of gold.
BREAKFAST (AKA Zolty) here. The “ocean” aspect of the piece is in how it moves and the real-time API data that drives the wave-like motion. It grabs live tide data from a different coastal city each minute and changes based on that. The gold and marble bricks took inspiration from the Fontainebleau art deco style of their original Miami hotel (this piece lives in their Vegas location). Here’s a clip of it moving (doe…