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Speed Limit Sign Displays Days In Hospital Based On Your Car Speed
9:40AM Jesus Diaz | These 40km/h speed limit signs are equipped with a speed radar and a number display. Nothing strange about that, really. Until you notice that the billboard displays horrible figures—like days in hospital or crash bills—based on your speed. More »
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Velociraptors Now Hunting Drivers On Indiana Roads
2:59AM Jesus Diaz | The apocalyptical road sign hacking continues after zombies attacked Austin a few days ago. Now, fossil raptors have been revived in Indiana and they are attacking motorists. At least, that’s what some of them think. More »
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3:23PM Nick Broughall | We know it was one of you. All the pieces of the puzzle fit. I mean, what kind of person would find the idea of hacking into a digital road sign funny, if not a Gizmodian? Not to mention that we sort of mentioned just how easy the entire process was. More »
Okay, Which One Of You Hacked The Queensland Road Signs?
3:23PM Nick Broughall | We know it was one of you. All the pieces of the puzzle fit. I mean, what kind of person would find the idea of hacking into a digital road sign funny, if not a Gizmodian? Not to mention that we sort of mentioned just how easy the entire process was. More »
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Hacked Construction Signs Warn of Zombie Attack in Austin
11:54PM Mark Wilson | Who in their right mind would dare hack a construction sign with zombie warnings? Well, apparently some people in Austin—probably some pesky University of Texas students according to a local traffic controller: More »
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Tokyo’s E-Paper Disaster Signs Help You Escape Earthquakes, Godzillas
10:44PM John Herrman | While we’re still fawning over tiny e-paper displays in e-book readers, the Japanese government is installing panels in Tokyo to aide evacuation in disaster situations—a very good idea, as it turns out. More »
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Hacking Road Signs Is Frightningly Easy and Funny (and Illegal)
1:50AM Mark Wilson | You should never hack a road sign as part of a prank. But what if you know that there really are Zombies ahead? What then?? More »
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The Insane Hardware Driving the World’s Biggest LED Billboard
12:30PM Benny Goldman | In a dusty supply closet at 1 Times Square, a computer terminal hooked up to hordes of ethernet servers, RAID arrays and monitors humbly runs the largest LED sign in the world. The sign, a 3-sided, 17,000-square-foot Goliath, debuted last night at the opening of a Walgreens in New York City. Today, I got to see what makes it tick. galleryPost('walgreenssign', 3, ''); More »
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17,000 Square Foot LED Billboard Flipped On at 1 Times Square, Wraps Around Entire Building
10:34PM John Herrman | When we first wrote about this comically huge Walgreens LED sign — the largest of its kind in the world — construction was just getting under way. That was May, and now they’re done. D3 LED, the firm behind the sign, finally turned on this 17,000 square foot, 100 metre tall, three-sided tribute to technical and commercial excess — and what timing! But before we start challenging the rationale behind displaying 100m moving Tampax ads, it’s worth looking at the extraordinary tech inside this thing. More »
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