The Junkyard Jumboron is a really quick, web-based way to combine many people’s laptops (9, 12, 20…) into a giant, eye-catching display.
It’s useful for…
…when you’re organizing a rally, and you wan to draw the interest of passers-by.
…when you’ve assembled a cool collection of people, and you want to capture a unique photograph of the event.
…when your organization has a storefront, and you want to call attention to your cause.
All it takes is 3 steps to set up a Junkyard Jumbotron
1. Collect people’s laptops, smartphones, etc and arrange them in a grid (on a table, in people’s arms, etc). Any device with a web browser will work.
2. Point each device at a special url
3. Take a picture of the screens and the special “glyphs” that show up on them (thanks to the special url) and send it to a special email address (see left image below)
Now anyone can send arbitrary images to the Junkyard Jumbotron via email (see right image below)
We need your help.
* Do you have an old laptop that you’d be willing to donate to help us test the Junkyard Jumbotron software? It just needs to be able to get on to the web and to have a power cord.
* Do you have an occasion where you’d like to try out a Junkyard Jumbotron to call attention to your cause?
Please get in touch with me at borovoy@media.mit.edu