This is a split-flap, and it’s a charismatic artifact of media history :)
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Fluttering Code: A Cultural and Aesthetic History of the Split-Flap Display
Words in Space is the work of Shannon Mattern.
We got one of these things for the office and every time the newest headline alarms me anew.
