LED Light Displays Show The Ebb And Flow Of Boston’s Tides, Using Data Visualization November 8, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is one of those projects that treads the line between light and signage – though I’d probably argue it’s much more about lighting. But very smart lighting, that is visualizing data. So kinda signage. Which is why I am writing about it. Tidal Light is a public data sculpture that uses addressable LED light …
Disney Concert Hall In LA To Get Projection-Mapped, Based On Music Data September 12, 2018 by Dave Haynes Via Curbed LA One of the more recognizable buildings in downtown Los Angeles – the Walt Disney Concert Hall – is getting projection-mapped later this month to celebrate the start of the LA Philharmonic’s new season. The Frank Gehry-designed building’s weird and wavy metallic surfaces will be the subjection of digital data projections from September 27 to October …
Gatwick Becomes Poster Child For Digital Signage Failover Planning August 20, 2018 by Dave Haynes A damaged connectivity cable has taken the flight information display boards offline at London Gatwick Airport today, forcing airport staff to – honest – get out the dry erase markers and scribble information on whiteboards. As an industry friend noted, having sent me news of this: “They seem to have forgotten all about the enterprise …
16:9 Podcasts: How Dataclay Brings Automation To High-Volume Digital Signage Content Production June 6, 2018 by Dave Haynes Anyone who works with creative teams knows there is no such thing as a content fairy. Video spots don’t magically appear in inboxes overnight. Somebody had to design and render that video, and that work, frankly, takes a while. So it’s a little freaky to talk to a company that can do 1,000s of good-looking, …
New Version Of Intuiface Works In Interactive Web Triggers From IFTTT Recipes, Zapier Apps April 13, 2018 by Dave Haynes The French interactive software firm Intuilab has released a new version Intuiface that now allows content to be triggered based on really common Internet of Things web triggers, like IFTTT recipes. The company says while it has for several years supported data integration with third-party platforms, IntuiFace Version 6.2 adds Web Triggers that work with …
Get Smart With Automated Digital Signage Applications January 26, 2018 by Kenneth Brinkmann Guest Post: Debbie DeWitt, Visix We all want to be smart. The word smart means showing quick intelligence, but can also mean socially elegant and sophisticated. In project management, objectives are sometimes referred to as S.M.A.R.T., which is an acronym for specific (a targeted area for improvement), measurable (a quantifiable indicator of progress), achievable (specific short- and medium-term objectives), relevant (in line with corporate …
This Wild Data Visualization Shows Traffic Flow For Entire U.S., Hour By Hour January 11, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is kind of wild – a visualization of traffic flow across the U.S. – hour by hour. Sacramento-based mobility analytics solution provider Citilabs has used billions of data points to measure and then develop a graphic visualization of hour-by-hour origin-destination movements, all streets directional road volumes and traveler demographics based on derived home locations. The …
New Data Platform Tracks, Logs Total Population Movement Of U.S. November 13, 2017 by Dave Haynes Sacramento-based Citilabs has launched what it calls a first-of-its-kind population movement analytics solution that provides an hour-by-hour picture of how Americans move around their country. The company’s Streetlytics platform uses billions of data points to measure and report origin-destination movements, directional road volumes, and traveler demographics. The toolset is aimed at industries like digital OOH …
Car Grilles Scanned In Real-Time For Targeted Digital OOH Film Promo October 10, 2017 by Dave Haynes The video is almost as silly and overdone as a Michael Bay movie, but if you can put up with all the extraneous stuff you will see how Lamar used vehicle recognition technology to promote the latest Transformers movie this summer. To promote the release of Transformers: The Last Knight, ahead of its nationwide release in …
IntuiLab’s New API Explorer Allows Mere Mortals To Tap Into Web Data And Services August 4, 2017 by Dave Haynes The technical side of IntuiLab’s new API Explorer is way over my head, but the general concept being floated by the French interactive software firm is pretty interesting – a way for software partners and end-user creative people to use web content and services without needing any programming chops. The API Explorer is part of …
