😎 The goal is to make a programmable, motorized version of "Pin Art".

The very short-term goal is to make a real world version of the demo running at https://www.pinthing.com/

It's why the 3D-printed/electronic prototype is 3x5 pixels – just enough detail to display any integer 0 to 9. Stack a few more next to each other and, voilà: an exquisitely over-engineered clock.

A little bit more info here: https://hackaday.com/2021/06/30/pinthing-mechanizes-pin-art/