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Kilopixel: a 1000-pixel display made of wood

Kilopixel: a 1000-pixel display made of wood

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Aug 05, 2025
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Kilopixel

Kilopixel is a 1000-pixel wooden display, 40×25, and you can queue your own pixel art for the real thing to display at the official website. Check out the hall of fame. Creator Ben Holmen explains how and why he spent six years devising, designing and making it.

Compared to our modern displays with millions of pixels changing 60 times a second, …

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