Wired:
You hear it before you see it—the whirring clack of plastic flaps as they turn over to display a new set of numbers and letters. For more than three decades, a mechanical flip board made by the Italian company Solari has guided passengers as they travel through Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station, but things are about to sound (and look) a lot different. The station is the latest, and among the last in the country, to ditch its Solari board for a newer, quieter digital departures screen.
No big deal—a departures board is a departures board, right? Not if you ask Philly travelers:
The first and only time I’ve seen these kinds of displays outside of old pinball machines was at the Charles De Gaulle airport in France. It was so fascinating, I stood and stared at it for 10 minutes. The story makes the good point that a digital display is more reliable and flexible but the anachronistic sound and visuals of the old display will certainly be missed.
The big board at Newark Penn Station (NJ) was replaced relatively recently, I believe. They chose to animate the display to mimic the mechanical one, and even added a speaker next to it to play the appropriate sound effect, so that familiar sound cues you to look up to check the update. Not bad.
Google is paying 97$ per hour! Work for few hours and have longer with friends & family! !mj63d:
On tuesday I got a great new Land Rover Range Rover from having earned $8752 this last four weeks.. Its the most-financialy rewarding I’ve had.. It sounds unbelievable but you wont forgive yourself if you don’t check it
!mj63d:
➽➽
➽➽;➽➽ http://GoogleFinancialJobsCash63TopShopGetPay$97Hour… ★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★::::::!mj63d:….,…..