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Moveable Type - installation @ the New York Times building

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I visited the new New York Times building, in the lobby they have an amazing installation called "Moveable type" - it displays realtime and archived information from the NYTimes, it also makes manual typewriter, teletype machine and rotary phone noises while the vacuum florescent displays display away... Here are some photos - Link & The Moveable Type - installation @ the New York Times building - Link (video).

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Posted by: zappBrannigan on December 13, 2007 at 12:36 AM

Just in time with the blog software with the exact same name, to go opensource

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Posted by: J on December 13, 2007 at 4:54 AM

what kind of screen are those??

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Posted by: rich on December 13, 2007 at 9:34 AM

Yeah, I'm curious about the screens too.

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Posted by: cw on December 13, 2007 at 9:38 AM

They look like graphical VFDs-- vacuum florescent displays. Most of the VFDs you find are character based. Compared to their equivalent lcd counterparts, VFDs are very expensive.

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Posted by: jeremiah on December 14, 2007 at 9:07 AM

they look like big character VFDs to me.

A similar effect could be created for a lot less money with an LCD like this one http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=813 (but bigger of course.)

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Posted by: jeremiah on December 14, 2007 at 9:11 AM

actually:

http://www.noritake-itron.com/SubPages/Photos/Reduced%20size/GU256x128D-3900.htm

found here:

http://www.noritake-itron.com/SubPages/ProductsE/vfmodhsgu.htm

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