beautiful design of a 7 segment display which i'd never seen before

just the other day. i was feeling really bored in the evening so i took my cycle for a ride to the airport. after reching there i had 3 glasses of hpmc apple juice and then started driving back home. on my way back home, just before exiting the airport, i just saw a green fluorescent digital clock which btw also shows temperature, and just thought i'll check it out. so i stopped the cycle to have a closer look at it. roughly its size was 2'x 6'. when i first looked at it i thought it must be using bulbs or some leds or something. but i had never seen any display like this before.
surprisingly it used fluorescent reflecting pieces of plastic for each segment of the 7 segment display, which showed their reflective faces on and off by facing outwards and then facing inwards, so tht their reflective face was not visible, and non reflecting black face appeared as black. i wonder if i've confused you. the thing is each reflective face rotated with a small motor and alternatively depending on whether that segment was on or off, it showed the reflecting face outwards and inwards. beautiful and simple idea in the age of LEDs, LCDs and OLEDs and what not.. this one is visible even in bright sunlight! and its just amazing to see those two dots in the middle turn on and off every second. anyways i did take a video with my phone, its not very clear but its good enough to appreciate the design of tht display.

Shrek 3

Shrek the third- 7/6/07

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Pirates of caribbean 3

Pirates 3 sathyam 1604hrs

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my mobile phone balance

y axis: my mobile remaining balance in Rupees.
x axis: days of the month

all was fine until i left chennai into roaming network :((

conclusion? next time I'll try to get a different, local SIM card when in Gurgaon for holidays.