LG Confirms Transparent OLEDs Being Used On Subway Windows in Shenzhen, Beijing August 24, 2020 by Dave Haynes LG Display has confirmed those are versions of its transparent OLEDs being used as information displays on the windows of subway cars in China. I can’t find the source PR, but there are numerous tech blogs like this one reporting and quoting an LG exec about how the company is “the first company in the …
LAX Launches ReadySeeGo Digital Wayfinding Totems; Informing, Guiding Air Travelers August 24, 2020 by Dave Haynes One of a few positives of the pandemic is that facilities like airports can do capital projects and add technologies with minimal disruption , with passenger traffic down hugely and line-ups short or gone. LAX is among the airports adding new digital capabilities. This is a nice use of a display totem (guessing those LG …
LG Shows Concept Of Sliding Door With 55″ OLED Display Embedded In Glass August 17, 2020 by Dave Haynes
Seoul District Deploying Smart Transit Shelters That Have Displays And COVID-19 Counter-measures August 17, 2020 by Dave Haynes A district government in Seoul has installed and switched on 10 smart bus shelters they say are safe to huddle in – with protection against the coronavirus AND the elements. The glass-walled transit stops in the Seongdong-gu district check body temperatures at the door, blocking entry if you are running a fever. They also have …
Reflect, BrightSign, NEC Partner On “Retail Resurgence” Tech, Financing Bundles August 11, 2020 by Dave Haynes Reflect Systems, BrightSign, NEC Display Solutions and NEC Financial Services have partnered up on what they’re collectively calling a Retail Resurgence Program that bundles a set of solution-specific digital signage tech packages with easy, built-in financing options. The solutions are generally familiar – like kiosks with hand sanitizer dispensers – but the wrinkle on the …
Christie Releases Free “Lite” Version Of Its Mystique Projection-Mapping Software August 10, 2020 by Dave Haynes Christie has developed and made available a free “Lite” version of its excellent projection-mapping software, Christie Mystique, making it easy for solutions providers to map and project on complex shapes and surfaces. Christie Mystique Lite is described as a camera-based alignment and recalibration solution for supported Christie projectors that can quickly install, align, calibrate, and …
Subtle Animations Appear From The Wood Lobby Wall At NYC Cancer Care Center August 10, 2020 by Dave Haynes One of the most powerful effects in digital signage jobs is to add the visuals in unexpected places and ways. This is a lobby at the new David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Designed by the NYC agency C&G Partners, the lobby’s welcome wall is …
Display Week 2020: Dutch Start-Up’s Glare Controls Turn Curtain Glass Windows Into Screens August 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes Innovation and start-up zones tend to be useful destinations at tech trade shows, because they usually have a few companies that are showing things that push new ideas and take different approaches to solutions. Amongst the virtual stands in the innovation zone at SID Display Week, this week, is a Dutch company from the Rotterdam …
Display Week 2020: LG’s Future OLED Is Bendy, Flexy, See-Thru And As Big As Walls August 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes I am virtually wandering the exhibit hall of SID Display Week – mentally walking right on past a whole bunch of vendors that sell things like polymer microstructures and light measurement tools. But I am stopping and looking at some of what the display guys are toting this year. A lot of it is geared …
Display Week 2020: This New Mexico Spin-out Making MicroLED Displays On Paper-Thin Metal Foil August 5, 2020 by Dave Haynes I am virtually attending the Society for Information Display’s annual display-nerd festival – DisplayWeek. The live show was done in by COVID-19, but lives on as a virtual show. It is NO replacement for the real deal – having seen that last year in Silicon Valley – but a reasonable alternative, given our collectively crappy …
