Before pixels: Modular industrial dashboards
4 hours ago
- Modular industrial dashboards, now replaced by software, were physical displays used in various contexts like air traffic control, subway monitoring, and power plant control.
- These dashboards featured interactive elements such as buttons, lights indicating status, counters, and switches, with some modules allowing annotation or toggling between day and night modes.
- The author observed similar systems in multiple German and Polish museums, noting the variety in modules and the tactile appeal of elements like switches, despite lacking full knowledge of their operation.