LG, Samsung Announce Tech Partnerships Targeting Screens For Health Care Environments October 13, 2023 by Dave Haynes The two biggest pro display manufacturers active in the North American market made announcements this week that signal their interest in chasing the complicated but big scale opportunity of patient communications in health care environments. Both LG and Samsung made announcements Thursday about partnerships with technology companies that are specifically focused on health care – …
DPAA Conference – Start-up Response Point Shows Display Totem That Pairs Public Safety With DOOH Advertising October 12, 2023 by Dave Haynes One of my NYC stops earlier this week was the big annual DPAA adtech/media conference, which attracts a pile of media people from round the US and Canada. The organization always does a good job, and I liked the location along the Hudson River, at Chelsea Piers. It looked packed in the presentation room, and …
420 Of Those Madly-Spinning LED Sticks Create Big Visuals In Las Vegas Sphere Atrium October 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes I’ve never been able to work up the level of trade show attendee enthusiasm I see for those madly-spinning LED light sticks, mainly because moving parts inevitably fail and conventional display products can often do a better job for many of the suggested use cases. But there are times when I think it can work, …
A Close Look At Transparent LED Foil In Retail, And A Broader Look At Digital In London’s Revitalized Battersea Development October 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes One of the work stops I wanted to make while in London recently was the revitalized and re-imagined Battersea Power Station, a huge decommissioned structure along the Thames and just up-river from the central part of the city. It is now a multi-purpose development – with the turbine hall turned into retail and food, and …
Hologram-ish Transparent LCDs Embedded In Korean Delivery Truck October 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes LED displays on rolling delivery trucks, running ads, is familiar in big cities like Las Vegas, but here’s a very different take on that approach – a truck rolling around the streets of Seoul with a pair of big transparent LCDs integrated into the cargo box. I have no idea what’s being advertised here – …
Digital Signage Helps Spanish Ham Chain Convince Travelers That Vending Machine Sandwiches Can Be Edible And Tasty October 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes Buying sandwiches out of a vending machine normally reads like an act of starving, eat-something-or-die desperation, but a new digital signage-backed vending set-up at Barcelona’s main airport actually looks tempting. Enrique Tomás, the world’s largest ham chain, has launched a set of 30 GO!urmet vending machines at strategic points throughout the airport, offering a range …
In Praise Of Boring Digital Signage October 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes Giant, big dollar display installations tend to get a lopsided amount of attention in this industry, so I always like to point out that some of the best work being done borders of profoundly boring – because they’re jobs done with narrow but valuable purposes. My recent trip to the London, UK area involved no …
FEMA Asking Digital Signage Networks To Join Oct. 4th National Test Of Alert Systems September 19, 2023 by Dave Haynes The US Federal Emergency Management Agency is doing a national test of its Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) in early October, and asking digital signage network operators to help out with the testing. IPAWS provides authenticated, life-saving emergency messages through mobile phones, radio and TV and digital signage through the IPAWS All-Hazards Information …
Color E-Paper Matured To Point It’s Used In Art Exhibitions September 6, 2023 by Dave Haynes One of the knocks, historically, with color e-paper has been how a filter was added to the hardware layers that make up a display, to make color possible … but in the process muting what people see. So a deep red looked more like a pastel red on the digital posters. That’s been overcome, as …
Retail Analytics Firm VSBLTY Evolves Digital Cooler Line; Has LOI To Buy Shelf Nine Grocery Screen Network August 30, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Philly retail analytics firm VSBLTY continues to operate in ways seemingly very different than competing firms that use AI and machine learning technology to measure and log consumer activity – growing out a transparent chiller display door product and acquiring a grocery-focused ad screen network. The company has been marketing transparent LCD cooler doors …
