I spent 6 years building a ridiculous wooden pixel display
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A maker spent six years building Kilopixel, a 1000-pixel wooden display that changes one pixel at a time using a CNC gantry system. The project combines hardware fabrication, CNC programming, web development, and live streaming to create an interactive art installation where anyone can submit pixel art through a web interface.
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The backstoryThe first prototype: 21×3 pixels1,000 of anything is expensivePing pong balls are basically soda cansNerfedTurning ballsPivoting to non-spherical pixelsBuilding the gridA CNC machine in my officePoking pixelsWe're changing pixels. What should we draw?Putting it out thereSomething physical, in my office, controlled by the internet. What could go wrong?What next?4 Comments
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