A developer created a fluid simulation display using salvaged flipdot panels from old buses for the EMF2026 installation, sourcing obsolete Hanover-manufactured displays through Look Mum No Computer's museum and solving technical challenges around driving the non-volatile electromechanical dots to produce audible swishing sounds.
A developer created a fluid simulation on flipdot displays for the EMF2026 installation, sourcing old Hanover-manufactured panels from Look Mum No Computer's collection of obsolete technology. The project involved reverse-engineering the electromechanical displays' drive circuitry to achieve faster update speeds than the original one-second refresh rate, enabling real-time animation of swishing liquid effects.
A developer created a fluid simulation display using salvaged flipdot panels from old buses for the EMF2026 installation, overcoming the challenge of expensive commercial displays by sourcing obsolete hardware and designing custom drive circuitry to achieve faster refresh rates than the original one-second update speed.