“Holy crap that’s cool!” Twitter goes crazy over Visionect and Mercury Innovation interactive bus stops in Sydney

The video, which has been shared more than 6,600 times, shows eStops, e-ink bus timetables, working their magic in Sydney.

It all started with Twitter user @jakkaj uploading a short video showing Sydney’s digital bus stops powered by Visionect and designed by Mercury Innovation updating the bus schedule:

These e-ink real-time bus timetables in Sydney. pic.twitter.com/5rQ8Got9xz

— Jordan Knight (@jakkaj) May 19, 2018

And Twitter exploded.

People couldn’t believe what they were seeing was not paper, raving about the design and technology. All of them wanted a similar solution deployed in their towns.

Don’t worry everyone, we’re on it!

(PS: Want the eStop in your hometown too? Tell your city!)

I condone this usage of eInk. Cc @visionect

— Jono Haysom (@JonoH) May 20, 2018

They look fantastic. We’re keeping a close eye on the Sydney trial.

— Adrian Schrinner 🇦🇺 (@Schrinner) May 20, 2018

Great use of e-ink! Not everything has to be an led screen 😊

— Ricky Vann (@rickyvann) May 19, 2018

Holy crap that’s cool

— ⚡️ Owen (@ow) May 19, 2018

Very nice. Aus has always been ahead when it comes to street furniture design.

— Youssef Sarhan (@YS) May 20, 2018

That’s certainly a great idea and we’re aware of these developments! We actually have been planning to test e-ink at some point. For the time being, though, we are putting our emphasis on developing the existing digital screens all over the region.

— HSL (@HSL_HRT) May 22, 2018

Exactly what I did at first. Thought it was printed. Then realised it was updating and even showed how full the incoming bus is.

— Jordan Knight (@jakkaj) May 19, 2018