Air Powered Segment Display? [video]
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2 days ago
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tyleo
2 days ago
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Wow, this is underrated. The start of the video cuts between a few other inventions this creator made using air. They discussed using air for digital logic gates generally.

Really neat stuff I hadn’t thought about before!

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scentoni
2 hours ago
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If the active elements were convex instead of concave, I can imagine this being useful for people with visual impairments. How does this compare to existing technologies for braille displays?
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fhdkweig
1 hour ago
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refreshable_braille_display

The technology hasn't changed at all since the 1992 film Sneakers with the blind character Whistler. https://youtu.be/GS3npSv8iuM?t=124

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rbanffy
2 days ago
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It becomes more interesting when you couple a flexible display with it.
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Wowfunhappy
54 minutes ago
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...especially if that display could be a touch screen...
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joezydeco
43 minutes ago
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It's been tried with fluid instead of air.

https://www.engadget.com/this-oled-screen-can-fill-with-liqu...

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caditinpiscinam
2 hours ago
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A whole new type of "vacuum tube"
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olalonde
2 hours ago
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Rocky would approve.
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pointpth
3 hours ago
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sometimes humans are awesome.
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