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Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.

LCD screen teardown

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Please form 6 groups and take a screen from the pile. This exercise is about deep observation and understanding of our screen-based canvas. Using screw drivers, pliers and the various tools available in the lab, please take this screen apart. The purpose of this exercise is not to demolish, but to deconstruct. Look at the work of Todd McLellan to get an idea of what I mean. Try to take things apart carefully without breaking them if you can.

As you take the screen apart and come across it's insides ask yourself:

Document every step and every part using photography or video. Create a document on Gdrive, or Github wiki or Notion, wherever is most convenient for you to collect your material.

Use a search engine to understand each part, try to learn more about it, maybe how it does what it does or how much it costs or what else you can do with it or where it comes from. Important as well is: how to dispose of it properly! you will be needing that later.

Look for projects or alternative uses for old screens and learn more about alternative uses for these parts. Link to documentation of these projects. Try to arrange the information you come across in a coherent way.

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