Beautiful piece. I was also a big fan of the dot display you guys did previously...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3jkoIyJgoc

Seriously, if you ever thought about mass-producing the dot module (or even a split-flap character display), I'd buy them by the hundreds.

Argh, didn't realize those were shopped out. Thanks.

Great video - hope to see a longer one / blog post if F21 lets you publish details.

Is there a story behind the PCB that's shown on fire, or was that just for show? ;)

We anticipated some static from all the ribbons, so the superstructure is heavily grounded and made of aluminum, we also have aluminum plates inside each pixel module. But when our step-drivers started catching fire we bought a 3M 718 static sensor, it maxed out at 20kV so I actually don't know how much static we had on the ribbons. We ran tonnes of more grounding wires through the modules and that took care of the problem. But yeah, static caused a few fires here before we figured it out.

Take a look at anti-static tinsel, it's perfect for this type of issue: http://www.statictinsel.com/how-to-use-tinsel.html

Static electricity was a big problem on early drum computers.

I had a hunch this was a BREAKFAST piece before I even clicked the video. Really impressive project. Love what you guys have been doing!

Would you have any interest in demoing this at the "other" breakfast in NYC - NYC TechBreakfast? Check it out at http://meetup.com/nyc-techbreakfast and drop me a line if so.

Given the popularity of this on HN, you should consider adding a link to your jobs site.

How long did this take to make? Very cool project!