F21 Thread Screen
"SELFIE TIMEEEE! Hashtag Best friends FOREVER!!!!!" "But Bethany, Instagram isn't forever. :(" "It's okay -- You know what's forever? FOREVER 21." The F21 Thread Screen is every teen's dream -- a massive machine that can dynamically builds physical images tagged with #f21threadscreen. Each spool is controlled by a motor, changing this 80 x 80 "physical pixel grid" (is the simplest way to describe it, I guess) to the appropriate colors. You want your selfie to be dynamic? No worries. It does basic animations, too. It's a pretty ridiculous feat of engineering. Hats off to Breakfast, who always do ridiculously amazing physical installations. Watch it live here
Gif by engadget Tech Specs: Hardware: 32 Channel stepper motor driver PCBs Fabric Belts (with retroreflective strips) 6.7 miles of fabric 6,400 spools of fabric, with bipolar stepper motors for each Software: Ruby Node.js C / C++ for Firmware WebGL SQL Read more about it here: http://breakfastny.com/thread-screen