Along with split-flap displays, flip-dots have an addictive look and sound that hearkens back half a century but still feels like modern technology. They use a magnetic coil to actuate each pixel ...

Together, they have come to be known as the Godfathers of pixel. They create what's known as pixel art - the style of art often seen in older video games. Their pixel art consists of complex ...

And that pixel is still caught within a ray of sunlight. But the image now looks "cleaner"; the Earth is easier to pick out. The Pale Blue Dot was part of a final sequence of frames taken by ...