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Dynamic Displays: Historic Signs of Coney Island for the Coney Island-Bound Traveler
Through a dynamically-triggered projection, this project attempts to connect Brooklyn transit-users to the iconic imagery of their city. Whenever an outward-bound D train passes this installation, a dynamic light display turns on and showcases the historic neon signs of Coney Island. Pulling the arrival times from the MTA’s feed, a smart plug is triggered through an IFTT script whenever a train is passing, powering a projector and displaying the images.
Riders are reminded of their destinations and connected to the history of amusement, entertainment, and seaside activity that brought trains to that destination in the first place. The project also asks if signage can be dynamically triggered, suggesting an application of urban tech along transit paths.
A full video of the project can be viewed here.
