Projects: Morgan Stanley Switches On Data-Driven Times Square Displays September 21, 2015 by Dave Haynes The investment bank Morgan Stanley has lit up a very nice, data-driven LED array on the facade of its Times Square global headquarters. The financial firm worked with UK-based agency Framestore on a series of content sequences that are a blend of tickers, ambient video spots and data integrations. It is described as data visualization, …
Valotalive, Signagelive Partner On Real-Time Data Visualization Services August 25, 2015 by Dave Haynes A couple of “live” companies have put together a partnership to start using HTML5 in bringing real-time visualized content to digital signage screens, particularly in business environments. The deal – a global partnership – is between Finland’s Valotalive and the UK’s Signagelive. It includes packaged RSS news and weather feeds, as well as social media …
How JFK Is Using Real-Time Data Screens At TSA Screening August 24, 2015 by Dave Haynes Via TechCrunch Here’s another great example of the possibilities for using real-time data to drive screen content and make something faster, better or easier. In this case, the faster, better and easier has to do with TSA screening at airports. This tech won’t really achieve any of those three, but it will at least make …
Real-Time Data As Content: TransitScreen Adds Live And Predictive Traffic August 19, 2015 by Dave Haynes Ask anybody, in pretty much any big city, about the state of their traffic, and they’ll have a one word answer: “Horrible.” Still, it’s very handy to know just HOW horrible traffic is on the routes in and out of urban centers and chokepoints, and the guys at Washington, DC-based TransitScreen have done a partnership to add …
DSrupted’s Early Bird Takes Flight Soon July 21, 2015 by Dave Haynes Tickets are starting to get grabbed up for DSrupted, which is now less than two months out. We’ve got a great speaker lineup and agenda planned. You can save $50 on the conference fee but getting your ticket this week. The early bird offer shuts down at the end of July.
DSrupted: Mike Pell On Data Visualization And The Age Of Smart Signage July 10, 2015 by Dave Haynes I’ve written quite a bit lately about how data and particularly data visualization can and will play a large role in some future signage projects, and Mike Pell of Microsoft is coming to DSrupted in September to reinforce that, from the point of view of an expert. Pell speaks regularly about data visualization and has …
Liveposter’s Martin Porter Rounds Out Terrific DSrupted Line-up June 30, 2015 by Dave Haynes I’m very pleased to say the line-up is now fully set for DSrupted, which is set for Sept. 16th in Toronto. We’ve got a great line-up and a big highlight, I suspect, will be a talk by Martin Porter, Senior VP and Group Director for Posterscope, one of the biggest digital OOH agencies out there. …
DSrupted: Session Added On Digital Signage And The Internet Of Things June 10, 2015 by Dave Haynes The agenda is now pretty much rounded out for DSrupted, the annual conference that looks squarely at disruptive technologies in digital signage. I wanted a session on the Internet of Things, and needed it to be from someone who wasn’t going to just get up and talk about their device or process, and who could …
How Live Data Delivers 9,640 Different Digital OOH Ad Messages June 8, 2015 by Dave Haynes Live data and web services are starting to demonstrate the long-discussed possibilities for hyperlocal digital display screens, with a great example of that being a marketing campaign now running in the UK and built around Microsoft’s Cortana – the Windows phone version of Siri or Google Now. The agencies behind the campaign created 241 distinct …
Live Data Visualizations As Hypnotic Signage May 28, 2015 by Dave Haynes On the way to San Francisco’s airport after a day with a client 2-3 weeks ago I stopped in at Google for a quick update meeting on what the tech giant is up to with Chrome and Chromeboxes for digital signage. In the lobby of the building I was in – one of the main …
