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title: This Giant Display Uses Colored Thread Instead of Pixels — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/this-giant-display-uses-colored-thread-instead-of-pixels/
date: 2015-07-22
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# This Giant Display Uses Colored Thread Instead of Pixels

Tiny glowing dots have been the modus operandi for electronic displays since the TV was first invented. But at a Forever 21 store in New York, you’ll find a giant screen that swaps pixels for spools of colored thread that quickly align to display low-res images.