A bright new LED display will soon replace the schedule board at New Haven’s Union Train Station. The board to be replaced clicks clicks clicks as its letters and numbers flip. Did you know that this kind of board has a name, or several? It’s called a flip board, split-flap display, or Solari board, after its Italian maker, Solari di Udine.
NPR reports that New Haven’s LED display will have a simulated click click click.
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
Solari board
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A simulated click!? Good grief. Just leave up the old board, then.
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