A Brief History of the Crazy Old 7-Segment Display

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tocs3•about 3 hours ago

When I see something about seven segment displays I think about one of my favorite YouTube videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTB5XhjbgZA&t=18s

uhoh-itsmaciek•about 2 hours ago

Another interesting related technology is electromechanical vane display clocks: https://youtu.be/AradTqh0cuM . Each segment is shown (or sometimes obscured) mechanically!