Japan’s AEON Delight Marketing Sensor-Driven Data Dashboards For Facility Users And Operators July 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes A Japanese facilities management firm has started marketing a system that uses sensors to monitor the state of restrooms and trash cans, with the operating goal of reducing cleaning costs and building user stress. AEON DELIGHT CO., LTD. will start offering its “Restroom and Trash Can IoT System” in August – targeting commercial facilities, offices, …
Robotic Food Prep Kiosks Might Be New Market For Menu Displays, Order Screens July 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes QSR and fast casual restaurants have been early and very active adopters of digital signage technologies because of their ability to display and update pricing and menu options quickly and easily. Now there’s an interesting new dynamic developing in the food services industry – autonomous food prep and serving kiosks. I wrote the other day …
Are High-Bright LCD Window Displays The Next Product To Be Supplanted By LED? July 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes The commercial LCD display business has gradually been shrinking as solutions providers and their end-user customers opt, instead, for LED versions, and now LED manufacturers are after high-brightness window display deals. First, LED replaced LCD for video walls, because LED eliminated seams that were negligible but still visible with narrow-bezel LCD walls. Now pixel pitches …
Private Plane Flying A Deep-Faked And Young Again Interactive Diego Maradona Display July 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes I am guessing people who are mad about Argentinian footballing will be thrilled with the notion of a private plane bringing fans a deep fake’d visual of legendary player Diego Maradona, but there may be as many or more people who find the whole thing odd. A fintech company, Give and Get, has equipped a …
Best Buy Shrinks Big Box To 15% In New Digital-First Concept Store July 26, 2022 by Dave Haynes A new reduced-size Best Buy store concept opens its doors today on the outskirts of Charlotte, NC that uses a lot of digital to counteract how the footprint is just 15% of a regular Best Buy electronics location. The store in Monroe, NC is about 5,000 sq. ft., smaller even than a lot of Apple …
Florida Start-Up Uses Self-Service Screens, AI To Automate Cocktail Orders At Sports Venues July 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes Vending machines have grown increasingly diverse in what they can offer and the technology used for promotions and transaction, but I don’t think I’ve seen a unit until now that makes cocktails and uses AI to register and screen customers. A Jacksonville, FL start-up called TendedBar has a kiosk unit that has drink vending stations …
Meeting Room Display Platform Robin Raises $30M As Hybrid Work Tech Demands Soar July 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes A Boston start-up that started as a platform for meeting room status displays has evolved into a hybrid workplace company and just raised $30 million in Series C funding round to drive R&D and growth, including internationally. The latest financing – Robin has raised almost $60M in total – comes as the company sees rapid growth, …
In-Glass LED Touted For Use As Dynamic Windows And Balustrades July 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is a helpful video from UK-based solutions provider Eclipse Digital Media that shows what in-glass transparent LED displays look like from the interior, non-illuminated side and how the things come together. The company works with Nexnovo, the Chinese manufacturer that seems to specialize in semi-transparent mesh LEDs and this newer in-glass technology. A warning …
Toledo Wealth Mgmt Firm Lines Walls Of Meeting Space With LCD, LED To Create In-House Lab July 21, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is a very ambitious and involved lab inside the offices of a wealth management firm in Ohio – with market indicators, charting, TV and social media feeds lining the walls of what appears to be a converted conference room. It’s in the suburban Toledo offices of Venture Visionary Partners and is intended, according to …
Hisense Expands B2B Pro Display Product Line With New All-In-One LED Units July 20, 2022 by Dave Haynes Hisense is a reasonably well-known consumer electronics brands in North America and Europe, but it is nowhere near as known in B2B circles – even though the company has had a digital signage product line available for five years. Now the B2B side of the Chinese electronics firm has pushed into direct view LED, starting …
