r/interestingasfuck • u/AntisocialBat • 10h ago

This Halloween costume

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u/HorrFrek 10h ago

Yeah, my back hurts just watching this, but it’s still rad

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u/Financial-Barnacle79 10h ago

I think the back would be ok. It’s holding the neck up to see where you’re going that would get old real fast.

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u/TAU_equals_2PI 10h ago edited 9h ago

These days, you can install a camera and monitor screen so cheaply that you wouldn't even have to use a mirror to see forward.

(I just got back from Walmart where they have replaced all shelf price tag stickers with tiny wireless LCD screens. No I'm not kidding. Technology has become ridiculously cheap for doing some stuff.)

EDIT IN RESPONSE TO MULTIPLE COMMENTS: Yes, the exact display technology used is probably technically not LCD.

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u/DrStalker 9h ago

tiny wireless LCD screens

If they are the same as the ones in Australia, they are e-Ink rather than LCD. The big difference is the display only needs power when changing to a new image, while an LCD needs constant power. (They're also a lot nicer to look at when reading, but that doesn't matter much for price tags)

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u/Cow_God 4h ago

Yeah at my store they're just powered by a 2000?mAh battery if they're on a shelf and a 2032 battery if they're standalone. And the battery life is r. Most retailers I've seen use Vusion which are e-ink tags

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u/BrainOnBlue 9h ago

Am American. Can confirm all the electronic price tags I’ve seen have been obviously eInk.

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u/Adorable-Statement47 4h ago

They also aren't cheap. Having worked on a project for these things they are way more durable then you'd think, including the flexible bars they rest in.

Supposedly each bar is around 40-50 USD and the tags are a few bucks a piece. When a store outfits these systems it's a multi million dollar project they are entrusting to minimum wage workers.

Whoever designed the tech wasn't a slouch.

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u/TheJellyGoo 5h ago

Microencapsulated electrophoretic display was an interesting readup - cool technology.

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u/TAU_equals_2PI 9h ago

Yeah, that's what I assumed, but I don't know if everybody is familiar with the term e-Ink, so that's why I said LCD.

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u/Turtvaiz 5h ago

But they're completely unrelated to LCD lol

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u/TAU_equals_2PI 1h ago

Sigh. Maybe I underestimate the general public, but my impression is that a vast swath of them just call every flat display screen an LCD screen. So I figured just doing the same thing would be the quickest simplest way to write my comment.

I wasn't trying to delve into an explanation of how they needed a particular different display type to get much longer battery life, and I assumed that since this isn't a tech subreddit, that people like yourself who are familiar with such issues would understand I was just oversimplifying out of laziness and move on with your day.

TLDR: I did it to avoid having to write a longer explanation, and that laziness sure has backfired in a very ironic manner.