Lexmark Enters Crowded QSR Digital Menu Board Business January 19, 2016 by Super User The printer company Lexmark was at National Retail Federation show a year ago with what I described then as shrug-inducing. A year later, the company is back at NRF and marketing what would appear to be a more evolved solution aimed at QSRs. The Digital Menu Board solution being touted through today at the giant …
How Technology Is Taking The Yuck Out Of Touchscreens January 17, 2016 by Curtis Tilly As society has grown ever more technology-driven and cashless, public touchscreens are now virtually inescapable. Whether it’s an interactive digital sign, directory, checkout terminal, an ATM screen or subway ticket dispenser, it’s difficult to navigate daily life without touching a communal screen. While that’s great for bacterial colonies, it’s not an overly good set of circumstances for people trying to stay healthy. Numerous studies …
Custom Panel Resizer Tannas Acquired By Investors January 15, 2016 by Super User Tannas Electronic Displays, the interesting little company that saws LCDs in half to make custom displays, has been acquired by investors and the name changed to Pixel Scientific. Tannas , says a news release, was sold in a majority stock purchase agreement to investors led by Richard McCartney of Scotts Valley, California. The new board …
Samsung Uses Robotics For Transformable Video Walls January 11, 2016 by Super User Digital signage vet Tom McGowan was at CES last week – taking great advantage of avoiding most of the mayhem and high costs, because he lives south of the airport in Las Vegas and knows how to get to and from the LVCC with minimal fuss. He said he was interested in going not so …
Samsung Shows Off Mirror LCDs, Transparent OLEDs At CES January 7, 2016 by Super User I’ve been following all the tech writing coming from CES, and from my narrow perspective, LG seems to be getting more attention than Samsung when it comes to displays. LG has the bendy OLED and the double-sided OLED, and LG has certainly put more of a focus on OLED than its Korean rival in the past …
Projects: Twisting LED Sculpture Makes Waves In Houston Skyscraper January 7, 2016 by Super User Just stumbled across this now three-year-old project in a Houston, Texas office tower. The owners of 2 Houston Center wanted to spruce up the lobby of the 1970s skyscraper, so they commissioned Spanish multimedia artist Daniel Canogar to create what turned into “Waves” – a giant, suspended motion media sculpture made using more than 600 …
Here’s A Look At LG’s Two-Sided OLED Panel January 6, 2016 by Super User Via Engadget … Here is that two-sided OLED panel that LG said it would be showing at CES this week, courtesy of an Engadget writer and his smartphone video camera. It was posted via the gadget blog’s Instagram account. It’s pretty wild to see something that skinny pushing out deep, rich video back to back. …
Acer Unveils 24-inch Chromebase With 10-Point Touch January 4, 2016 by Super User Acer has added a 24-inch version of its Chromebase all-in-one desktop ChromeOS boxes, with a 10-point multi-touch option that would make it suitable as a retail or public spaces touchscreen or kiosk. Acer released a 21.5-inch version last year. The Acer Chromebase 24 (CA24I) has the largest screen of all Chrome OS devices on the market …
LG Showing Rollable and Two-Sided OLED Displays At CES January 4, 2016 by Super User CES is not in my trade show plans this or most years. The show this week is way too big and busy for my tastes – and the great majority of what’s going to be shown and hyped there isn’t all that relevant to signage. There will be display tech and micro PCs, but there will …
Rollout Starts For LinkNYC Info-stations & Hotspots December 30, 2015 by Super User So how many techs does it take to plant a ruggedized touchscreen on a New York sidewalk? Many many, by the looks of it. The group behind those LinkNYC information stations/free WiFi hotspots/ad totems slated for NYC’s boroughs started installing the first ones this week, and photos have been posted by Civiq Smartscapes, and also …
