Interesting Tomorrows World clip from 1969

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Alex

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Nov 20, 2019, 4:20:01 PM11/20/19

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Hi All,

I was grazing on some old Tomorrows World footage on the tube (A brilliant staple BBC show that showcased futuristic technology developments) and watched this very odd 13 minute somewhat non sequitur video which I think will be of interest to display technology folk:

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

The last half dozen minutes shows the hand fabrication of probably the first 5x7 LED matrix displays...

The first five minutes are really quote odd though.

Dekatron42

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Nov 20, 2019, 4:38:53 PM11/20/19

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At 9.28 or so there are some nice dekatron counters shown quickly, looks like Philips equipment on the top unit but the others are not clear enough and I can only see "LABGEAR" on the front of three of them.