Subway Steps Up Digital Game; Adds Self-Ordering Kiosks, Menuboards June 19, 2017 by Dave Haynes Subway is stepping up its digital game, adding self-ordering kiosks and digital menuboards in a bid to reverse three years of declining sales. Bloomberg reports that Subway is testing about 50 self-ordering kiosks that allow people to walk in and tailor their order, instead of doing the back and forth ordering with the worker actually adding …
InfoComm 2017: Day One Impressions June 15, 2017 by Dave Haynes It was readily apparent to just about anyone that the big InfoComm pro AV trade show down in Orlando this week would include a lot of exhibit hall real estate filled up by LED display manufacturers. But I’ve never seen as many of them as I saw here – not even at the version of …
LG Launches Low-Rez See-Through LED Film at InfoComm June 14, 2017 by Dave Haynes LG is formally launching a transparent LED film that’s meant to stick on things like windows and dividers and offer low-rez graphics. The tech is being launched for the North American market this week at InfoComm in Orlando, but was shown several months ago at ISE in Amsterdam. Says a press release: The LG Transparent …
E Ink’s Programmable Surfaces Gets More Colors June 13, 2017 by Dave Haynes E Ink has added more colors to that programmable Prism technology that can be used to make things like feature walls in lobbies changeable. The Taiwan-based company says Prism will be available in seven paint-like colors that can switch out even using just a battery. Says the company: Integrated with traditional architectural materials, E Ink …
NanoLumens Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Four US Competitors June 12, 2017 by Dave Haynes Atlanta LED manufacturer NanoLumens has filed four patent infringement lawsuits against competing companies it says are marketing knock-offs of its flexible LED display panels, called nixels. The federal court lawsuits have been filed in the US head office states of four companies: PixelFLEX, of Nashville, Tennessee; InFiLED USA, of Marietta, Georgia; DetaiLED Solutions, of Marietta, …
NanoLumens Adds Infrared-based Touch To Fine Pitch LED Displays June 9, 2017 by Dave Haynes Atlanta-based LED manufacturer NanoLumens has added infra-red edge sensors to make its narrow pixel pitch LED walls interactive, if needed. “It used to be extremely difficult to add interactive elements to LED displays, but recent technological breakthroughs have made it much more feasible, practical, and affordable,” says NanoLumens CEO Rick Cope. “Our touch technology is fully …
Projects: Massive Video Wall Lines Moving Sidewalk In Seoul Rail Station June 9, 2017 by Dave Haynes This is a massive LCD video wall – maybe 16 wide by 3 high – in a corridor of a high speed rail station in Seoul, as spotted in LinkedIn from Sungwon Kim. No other details. The scale is impressive.
Panasonic Spin-Off Starts Demo’ing 8K Digital Signage June 7, 2017 by Dave Haynes The practical use-cases for 8K digital signage aren’t readily apparent, but a Japanese tech company owned in part by Panasonic is demonstrating just that – suggesting the demand for that is tied to the 2020 Olympics on Tokyo. Nikkei Asian Review reports: Adopting a special semiconductor chip efficient at compressing and transmitting image data, the …
Projects: UK Theatre Lights Up Big Stretched Displays At Entryway June 1, 2017 by Dave Haynes Here’s an example of how those stretched 86-inch LG LCD panels are being used away from trade show booths and in the real world – a pair of them gracing the entryway to a refurbished theatre in Dorset, England. The screens are running custom promotional content for the theatre, including advertising for productions, vendors and show …
Startup Shows E-paper That’s Color And Video-Capable May 29, 2017 by Dave Haynes Display nerds at last week’s annual Society for Information Display’s annual DisplayWeek, this year in LA, saw among other things e-paper technology that was both color AND video capable. Tech developed by Silicon Valley start-up CLEARink, based on R&D that came out of the University of British Columbia, was among the Best In Show winners …
