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By Jesus Diaz Published July 16, 2010, 10:40 am ET

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It’s not a rendering. It’s real. And you see them around all day long. Just not in this state.

The PixCell is a cathode ray tube—old school TV—covered with glass beads. Created by Kohei Nawa, it could make most of TV programming a wholalot more betterer, no licking of little stamps with colorful pictures required. [Today and Tomorrow]

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