Local Man Rambles About Obsolete Tech: One Plane Displays!

Jason Torchinsky is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Jason has a book out now, Ad Nauseam: A Survivor's Guide to American Consumer Culture. He lives in Los Angeles, where he is a tinkerer and artist and writes for the Onion News Network. He lives with a common-law wife, five animals, too many old cars, and a shed full of crap.

For some reason, I've always found old, obsolete display technology fascinating. I'm hoping some of you out there will too, since I drone on about it for over four minutes here. Still, one plane displays are pretty obscure and hard to find information about, so hopefully you'll find your four minutes adequately spent. If not, let me know and I'll see about giving you four of my minutes to make up for it.

UPDATE! A clover! It's not a tree, it's a clover. Thanks, commenters. Man, I'm an idiot. Tree? Jeez. And, it's great to see more information on these things, so thanks to those who posted.