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Air Powered Segment Display? [video] youtube.com

scentoni3 hours ago

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?

fhdkweigan hour ago

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

tyleo3 days ago

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!

rbanffy3 days ago

It becomes more interesting when you couple a flexible display with it.

Wowfunhappy37 minutes ago

...especially if that display could be a touch screen...

joezydeco26 minutes ago

It's been tried with fluid instead of air.

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

caditinpiscinam2 hours ago

A whole new type of "vacuum tube"

olalonde2 hours ago

Rocky would approve.

pointpth3 hours ago

sometimes humans are awesome.

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