Giant 16-segment displays from fluorescent tubes

Posted by YouTuber Adalipu, whose channel contains a number of videos of these "Display2000" modules. This video only shows two modules scrolling a single letter, but a total of ten modules were constructed. There's more info over on Hack a Day.


Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Jan 28, 2010 09:10 AM
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