ISE 2023 Sixteen:Nine Mixer Sponsor Profiles: Esprit Digital January 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes Integrated Systems Europe is fully back after COVID-era disruptions, and Sixteen:Nine is doing a Barcelona version of the networking mixer it has been doing annually at DSE in Las Vegas for the past decade or so. The event happens because of eight great sponsors, who help cover the considerable costs. I like to thank and …
Samsung Adds Windows 10 Support For Its Retail-Focused Kiosks January 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes Samsung has taken the interesting step of adding Windows 10 support to its retail-focused all-in-one kiosks, having previously offered the display units only with Samsung’s proprietary Tizen operating system. The electronics giant made the announcement at the big retail tech show NRF, which is on right now in New York. Samsung says its new Samsung …
Swedish Grocer’s Flagship Adds Vast LED Display To Back Wall; Plus Digital Endcaps January 12, 2023 by Dave Haynes Here’s yet more evidence that LED has been mainstreamed by the people who design things like retail spaces – a supermarket in Sweden that now sports a 16-meter-wide LED videowall over the bulk food section. The 52-foot LED wall is in a flagship store of the grocer Maxi ICA, at the Stormarknad Universitetet store in …
San Diego Startup Touts Skinny 55-Inch Display That Runs On Batteries And Mounts By Suction January 10, 2023 by Dave Haynes There are all kinds of qualifiers and buts that will come up about a company touting a light, skinny and portable wireless 55-inch TV that runs on a battery and attaches to walls by suction, but the concept is nonetheless interesting. The year-old San Diego startup – Displace TV – showed its gear at the …
ISE Expects 1,000+ Exhibitors, About One-Third Include Digital Signage In What They Do Or Sell December 29, 2022 by Dave Haynes The organizers of Integrated Systems Europe say the 2023 edition of the show – the first in a few years to be somewhat close to normal – say they expect to host more than 1,000 exhibitors, including about 120 first-time exhibitors. A quick check of the exhibitor list, sorted by category, shows some 330 exhibitors …
Childhood Garden Digitally Recreated On Cafe Video Wall At Dior Pop-up In Seoul December 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes The famed fashion house Christian Dior opened a huge pop-up store in Seoul, back in May, that will be open for three years, celebrating the French brand. One of the big features of the concept store in the Seongsu district is a large LED media wall in the cafe, put together by the Seoul-based creative …
Transparent OLED Demo’d As Sliding Glass Explainer Overlay For Museums December 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes Photo: Yonhap News This is an interesting application of transparent OLED for a museum environment – demo’d by LG this week in Seoul at what was billed as the Transparent Future Exhibition at the Sejong Museum of Art. In the Culture & Entertainment Zone, LG showed how transparent OLEDs on a track/slider system could be …
Proto Gets Investment Backing From Ventures Wing Of Auction Giant Christie’s December 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes The LA company that somewhat mainstreamed the use of transparent LCDs as kinda sorta but not really holographic displays has got itself an interesting new investor – the venture/investments wing of high-end auction house giant Christie’s. Christie’s Ventures has made an undefined investment in LA’s Proto, on the heels of Christie using the shower stall-like …
Slick Solution Uses AI, Sensors, Projection To Boost Order Pickups At Korean Starbucks Cafes December 21, 2022 by Dave Haynes The customer experience kind of falls apart at busier quick service restaurants when guests order their coffees or whatever, and then stand back and wait for someone to holler out their name or order number when their goodies are ready for pickup. I was passing through Boston Logan recently and there had to be 40 …
Big New Samsung LED Displays Going Into Astros’ Ballpark During Off-Season December 19, 2022 by Dave Haynes Samsung generated lots of buzz for its sports and entertainment venue LED products when it installed that vast halo screen at LA’s SoFi Stadium, but the electronics giant is also making headway in big-time sports with more conventional jobs – like one now underway at the home field of MLB’s Houston Astros. Samsung is equipping …
