The only one I have seen in person was at the Zurich airport in 2001. It was mesmerizing to watch as it updated flight statuses. It was a fairly large board.
I remember them as train station arrival/departures and then as a clocks. Sadly everyone knows that replacing analog device which is costly to manufacture/assemble by electronic device with barely any moving parts makes sense economically. Like Cassette recorder, Floppies, CD-ROM by memory cards or USB flash drives, analog clock by digital ones (except they remained to show social status), and these boards by LEDs. One Flip-flap can be replaced by 5x7 large LED which cost like 5$ total for one letter. I remember that departure boards were/still are printed at smaller stations with like 50 to 100 trains per day and main train station had departures printed on large format paper wrapped around cylinders in wooden boxes that could be rotated by hand with late trains being announced by a local radio. (Passenger train number 4361 will be 45 minutes late. The expected delay is subject to change). Later this was digitalized and broken into parts recorded independently so it became Passenger train number - 4 - 3 - 6 - 1 - will be - 4 - 5 - minutes - late
I ❤love SPLIT-FLAPs. I like them even more when few lines are refreshing at any one time... like in ARRIVAL / DEPARTURE terminals. You deserve a lot of credit to bring this stuff into the future.
I'm old enough to remember them at London railway stations. I know they got usurped by dot matrix displays and flat panel TVs, but it doesn't make these types of displays any less cool.
Just keep the promo videos coming! Maybe take it on the road and show them at customer sites? I'd love to see what folks are doing with your marvelous machines!
Watching the board in slow motion, the numbers and characters are interspersed amongst the alphabet letters. Is there a reason that you chose to do that, or would I be right in thinking it is for aesthetics?
You have a good eye! This is hard to notice. One of the major reasons is so the sign can act as a clock. Counting up, down, and keeping track of time down to the second. This helps keep the timing consistent when you ask the display to show any character.
@@stonesymmetry They are pricy... lots of parts and made to order with locally (Philadelphia) sourced materials. Most signs have around 10,000 parts, some go up to 50,000+.
I wonder if it would be possible to link it to the local airport's departures/arrivals and have it mirror their (undoubtedly generic flat panel TV) boards in real time.
We have a departure tracker at Nolita Hall in San Diego. It shows the flight number as the plane takes off over the bar:) Also working on some projects with software that will display full arrival + departure info. Stay tuned! www.oatfoundry.com/projects/split-flap-at-nolita-hall/
I think they're cool, but there aren't many around. It's just cheaper for airports, train stations, etc., to mount a flat screen TV. They're so cheap these days, they don't even care if they break.
@@mattcintosh2 2 dec 2020 5:10 pm est: non-black-Led-display, maybe is from radio-active-tritium. 2 dec 2020 5:15 pm est(utc-5): i realise that radio-active-tritium is for glow-in-darkness. not for non-black-led-display. green-led doesn't have tritium : www.adafruit.com/product/300?gclid=Cj0KCQiAk53-BRD0ARIsAJuNhpv2HAfxxSiqrJLsnVQzaUKXYnNClSY9CGHO1uWM8FiBFdpDVFvPYqkaArmtEALw_wcB from google-image ( green led radioactive ) row 1
I wonder what such a thing will cost for the home. Like in Vestaboard size. Likely too expensive for a normal guy like me. I'd not mind to spend USD 2000-3000 but USD 10000+ would definitely be too much for a fun gadget like this - though It's really cool :O
@@johnstancliff7328 both of these groups just took some old tech and modernized it. So they both got inspired by the same thing and ended up with different products around it. I’m not sure how this is confusing
Good morning George, would love to send you more information on Split Flap. Please send over an email to lucas@oatfoundry.com and I can get everything taken care of for you!
I love the sound. It's so distinctive, everyone hearing that sound will stop and watch for new information.
The only one I have seen in person was at the Zurich airport in 2001. It was mesmerizing to watch as it updated flight statuses. It was a fairly large board.
This is so bad ass, I don't even want to look at the price. My dreams of owning one will be immediately shot down. But damn, maybe one day
I'm thirteen and I really want one someday, but I saw the price.. but who knows I might be able to get one eventually
This is literally better made than an apple ad!
I remember them as train station arrival/departures and then as a clocks. Sadly everyone knows that replacing analog device which is costly to manufacture/assemble by electronic device with barely any moving parts makes sense economically. Like Cassette recorder, Floppies, CD-ROM by memory cards or USB flash drives, analog clock by digital ones (except they remained to show social status), and these boards by LEDs. One Flip-flap can be replaced by 5x7 large LED which cost like 5$ total for one letter.
I remember that departure boards were/still are printed at smaller stations with like 50 to 100 trains per day and main train station had departures printed on large format paper wrapped around cylinders in wooden boxes that could be rotated by hand with late trains being announced by a local radio. (Passenger train number 4361 will be 45 minutes late. The expected delay is subject to change). Later this was digitalized and broken into parts recorded independently so it became Passenger train number - 4 - 3 - 6 - 1 - will be - 4 - 5 - minutes - late
I ❤love SPLIT-FLAPs.
I like them even more when few lines are refreshing at any one time... like in ARRIVAL / DEPARTURE terminals.
You deserve a lot of credit to bring this stuff into the future.
They just put one in the new Queen's Food Hall in the Toronto Eaton Centre. It's the coolest thing in the whole mall, I could not stop watching it!
That's one of ours, it looks awesome!
Awesome work, duddies!
This would make an amazing project kit. I'd love to buy one as just parts, instructions and software and put it together
I'm old enough to remember them at London railway stations. I know they got usurped by dot matrix displays and flat panel TVs, but it doesn't make these types of displays any less cool.
We agree!
i need one for my room, so i can use it as a physical API thing for my coding projects to mess with
You guys do the work of the gods. ❤ I love this so much
Thank you!
Absolutely magnificent. Computer animated simulations are not like the real thing. Nice work, guys. Wish I could afford one! 😆
Appreciate the love! Any Split Flap videos you'd like to see?
Just keep the promo videos coming! Maybe take it on the road and show them at customer sites? I'd love to see what folks are doing with your marvelous machines!
Sick!!! You guys rock!
Suggestion: a dramatic roll for something like, “the winner is… (team name)”
Here from Chris Ramsay. WERE DO I BUY ONE!!
BRO SAME!
Cheapest is 17,308 USD
Sameeeee
I found out about this because of Chris Ramsay and i am glad it did
Happy you checked it out!
That was one of the highlights of a visit to the airport for me. Flat screen TVs are so boring...
Eh, mostly because you’re used to them. What surprises me is that we use LCD displays where e-paper would work. Uses almost NO power.
How many times have you missed your flight because you got stuck watching the displays change! 😆
Watching the board in slow motion, the numbers and characters are interspersed amongst the alphabet letters. Is there a reason that you chose to do that, or would I be right in thinking it is for aesthetics?
You have a good eye! This is hard to notice. One of the major reasons is so the sign can act as a clock. Counting up, down, and keeping track of time down to the second. This helps keep the timing consistent when you ask the display to show any character.
That sound❤️
"we build cool stuff" is such a damn motto, I love it and I love what you make
Thank you, it's been our goal since day 1!
I’m a software engineer and former nuclear technician. I wanna work here. This would be so fun to build.
I applied. Sent y’all an email.
pretty good
if I ever open a brewery, this will be the menu.
You tell me how to make these bad boys and i'll 3D print the plastic and shop the metal and wood and do it all myself!!
This flip flap, must be expensive!
Chris Ramsay bring me here !
17k for the smallest one
that's more than my house cost !
I want one so bad… would be so cool to put my game visits up onto it and hear it tick every so often…
Holy crap they are expensive… 15-30k?!! Bro… all I want is somthing to display a number up to like 1B… robing fancy…
Nothing fancy*
@@stonesymmetry They are pricy... lots of parts and made to order with locally (Philadelphia) sourced materials. Most signs have around 10,000 parts, some go up to 50,000+.
Looks cool
now someone needs to connect this to an old computer and use this as the display
So very very cool!
Split flaps can be used to make a kinetic monitors
Wow
Very cool!
This is the good stuff.
I have a feeling this aren't cheap.
I wonder if it would be possible to link it to the local airport's departures/arrivals and have it mirror their (undoubtedly generic flat panel TV) boards in real time.
We have a departure tracker at Nolita Hall in San Diego. It shows the flight number as the plane takes off over the bar:) Also working on some projects with software that will display full arrival + departure info. Stay tuned! www.oatfoundry.com/projects/split-flap-at-nolita-hall/
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow
Here from Nelson Dellis
Glad to have you!
Please do a collab with Slow Mo Guys. I want to see this thing operate through a 50,000 FPS lens, hah.
great great GREAT idea!
Awesome work ! What's the price?
Thank you! Prices vary by size and customizations and usually start around $15k.
I think they're cool, but there aren't many around. It's just cheaper for airports, train stations, etc., to mount a flat screen TV. They're so cheap these days, they don't even care if they break.
How dare you make something cool that I can't buy
Everything reminds me of her.
is it able to be used as a linux terminal
We did a test with that using a keyboard input and the python subprocess module. Worked well!
It was definitely not a fully-featured terminal though.
>made in Philadelphia
Are you TRYING to make me lament the removal of the flap board from 30th St. Station?
Still sulking:/
...I want one for my new home..
Chris Ramsay brought me here 😁
make and family feud software for this!
At 1:00 1:09 1:11
YOU GOT ME ANGRY! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
What about just the flip-dot kind?
What 's a flip-dot kind? It's a matrix of dots vs letters/numbers?
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 Like these - th-cam.com/video/HoeJRwjy5dY/w-d-xo.html - They were used a lot on road signs & bus displays
@@mattcintosh2 2 dec 2020 5:10 pm est: non-black-Led-display, maybe is from radio-active-tritium.
2 dec 2020 5:15 pm est(utc-5): i realise that radio-active-tritium is for glow-in-darkness. not for non-black-led-display.
green-led doesn't have tritium : www.adafruit.com/product/300?gclid=Cj0KCQiAk53-BRD0ARIsAJuNhpv2HAfxxSiqrJLsnVQzaUKXYnNClSY9CGHO1uWM8FiBFdpDVFvPYqkaArmtEALw_wcB
from google-image ( green led radioactive ) row 1
I wonder what such a thing will cost for the home. Like in Vestaboard size. Likely too expensive for a normal guy like me. I'd not mind to spend USD 2000-3000 but USD 10000+ would definitely be too much for a fun gadget like this - though It's really cool :O
Do ship to philippines like lazada or shoppee?
Can it be made as a 4 module for an affordable clock for home?
Send us an email! Kristy@oatfoundry.com
0:50 There wasn't any time to read all that!
OK, which one of you work for vestaboard?
Been building these in Philadelphia and shipping them around the world since 2015. Not the other way around.
@@OatFoundry then how did vestaboard get the same idea?
@@johnstancliff7328 Origin story. th-cam.com/video/vUJckrxeThA/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=OatFoundry
@@johnstancliff7328 both of these groups just took some old tech and modernized it. So they both got inspired by the same thing and ended up with different products around it. I’m not sure how this is confusing
Are these rotating always the same way or can they reverse?
They only rotate one way
Surprised no one mentioned the split-second trans flag. It's neat.
no one cares
I want to make one, but not this complexed
Anyone know the price?
Our Split Flaps start at $15k
I do not need a custom-made split flap display. I simply want the one in this video. How much is it?
Please fill out a form on our site at oatfoundry.com/split-flap/ or email sales@oatfoundry.com for pricing!
What are the dimensions of the unit and size of the letters? I’m comparing it to the Vestboard, and considering one for the home as an art piece.
Good morning George, would love to send you more information on Split Flap. Please send over an email to lucas@oatfoundry.com and I can get everything taken care of for you!
I This can outmode chalkboards permanently
No More Dust
Funny enough as a module flips, it dusts itself!
@@OatFoundry I Said that because of my bad experience with classroom chalkboards due to the dust
@@alexanderip1003 Sry about about the bad dusty experiences
Hi i need one for my resto bar in india could i know the price and how the shipping installation works. Message privately for contact info
Hi Alice, please click "request a quote" on oatfoundry.com/split-flap/, fill out the form, and we'll be in touch shortly:)
Where can I buy this? I want this.
www.oatfoundry.com/split-flap/
May i know the song 😍😍 coool stuffs bere !!!
Have an idea for a Split Flap? Let us know!!!
The website is dead :(
@@FilFee Changed. Your insight is both appreciated and helpful.
I want it if it can support JIS X 0201.
I really like this thing but... the price is VERY VERY VERY expensive.......
I want 8 split flaps only numbers
How much is one the size of Christmas Ramsay's worth? Cause I want one
*tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk - that clack noise!!!
A lot of people make cool things on TH-cam. Why should I spend my time on your channel? What's your unique angle?
ohoooooooohhg.
Damn hipsters
can we play fnf in split splat display?
Can it run DOOM?
SOMEONE WILL FIND A WAY.
Remember no Russian
Send me one pls 😂
Cf
Split flap displays are cool. You didn't have to go all modern advertising nonsense to prove it.
Agreed. A shame they felt the need to do so. Still if it helps sell the product I guess. Still a shame
its not analog tech, its controlled by a smartphone lol . lies.