Transparent LCDs Make The Jump To Vending Machines April 26, 2012 by Dave Haynes I see Stratacache had the forehead-slapper of an idea to demo a new product at a vertical industry show instead of a general digital signage gathering – putting a vending machine version of its translucent PrimaSee product in front of 4,000 vending machine people attending this week’s National Automatic Merchandising Association show in Las Vegas. The …
Talking Flat Lady Gets a Weegie Accent April 20, 2012 by Dave Haynes Scotland’s health care system has its first talking flat lady, one of those projected virtual mannequins. Following the flick of a switch, EVA (which stands for Electronic Virtual Assistant), began her duties in the foyer of Forth Valley Royal Hospital on Monday 16th April 2012. These include relaying information on how to quit smoking, reminding …
Halo’d Screens Now Sold In Canada April 19, 2012 by Dave Haynes You can now source those displays with the subtle halo surrounds in Canada. Brighter Signs, the UK company behind the units, has started a company here, branded as Topaz Canada and having John Wheating as President of Sales. The screens have patented tech that changes colors around the screen edge, the idea being this halo effect …
Does Dolby’s New Overlay Finally Make Glasses-free 3D Viable? April 18, 2012 by Dave Haynes [youtube id=”Gkybyqrc4B4″ width=”600″ height=”350″] A news release last week from Dolby and Philips sent me on a mini-rant about PR that is full of grandiosity and devoid of substance. It was announcing new glasses-free 3D tech to be shown at the National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas this week, and there are now …
Please Don’t Steal Me! April 18, 2012 by Dave Haynes This could be dropped in the clever, weird or impractical bucket, or all three. Delphi Display Systems has introduced a “Digital Sidewalk SignBoard” that sticks a daylight readable display into an old school cafe chalkboard you parked outside of pubs and restaurants. The idea is you get the advantage of digital but the quaintness of …
Tech: How To Get A Dead Rapper For Your Next Concert April 16, 2012 by Dave Haynes There’s lot of buzz today in tech blogs about the virtual appearance of long-dead rapper Tupac Shakur at the Coachella music festival in California this weekend. Most of the buzz is about the ethics of having a dead guy perform at a live show (at least he wouldn’t have had a ridiculous dressing room rider …
Dolby, Philips Announce New Glasses-Free 3D Format (But That’s It) April 12, 2012 by Dave Haynes I have read this release a few times and now marvel at how the PR managed to generate so much nothing. The nut of it is that the two companies, which both have a lot of experience in 3D (though Dolby’s is on the cinema projector side), say they will show a new format at …
The Rise Of The Digital Signage Device April 10, 2012 by Dave Haynes We are finally starting to see the expected transition of digital signage applications from being PC-based to smart device-based. We first saw a commercial product in the SpinetiX solid-state networked media player about three years ago, but it has not had a lot of take-up in the market because the price of the unit was …
Five Vendors I Wish I’d Seen At DSE March 16, 2012 by Dave Haynes The challenge with going to a trade show in an industry I’ve been around since we were making displays with stone tools and mud is that it is really hard to walk through that place and not end up in lengthy chats with friends. So two days was nowhere near enough for me to have …
