Bluefin, Intel Collaborate On New Ocean Series That Adds ChromeOS Support For All-In-One Displays June 6, 2024 by Dave Haynes Atlanta-based Bluefin has broadened its range of supported operating systems for its built-in displays – launching a new Bluefin Ocean series that is a direct collaboration with Intel and allows them to run on Windows, Linux or Chrome OS. Bluefin already had an Intel/Windows solution through Seneca, but Arrow’s decision earlier this year to wind …
F1 Team Moneygram Haas Using Digital Signage In Its Track Garages Around Global Race Circuit May 30, 2024 by Dave Haynes As first run on the site of German language content partner invidis … I’ve seen projects here and there involving auto racing teams/brands that are using digital signage technology to reinforce their brand and help drive (sorry) the mood at main offices and factories, but here’s a story about an F1 Team that’s using digital …
TSI Touch – InfoComm 2024 Digital Signage Industry Mixer Sponsor Profiles May 29, 2024 by Dave Haynes InfoComm is in just a couple of weeks in Las Vegas, and Sixteen:Nine has partnered with Experience United Social Club to run what is a very sold-out networking event. This one is at a darts-themed bar called Flight Club, in the Palazzo complex. There will will be a little discussion about what was seen on …
LED Giant Daktronics Debuts New Media Player … For LCD Displays May 21, 2024 by Dave Haynes In a move that would quite possibly confuse the hell out of people, but makes sense, the big US LED display manufacturer Daktronics has announced a new media player engineered to drive LCD displays. But Dak doesn’t make LCDs, some cross-eyed readers are perhaps muttering after reading that. True, but the Brookings, SD company gets …
DISPLAX, Interactive Scape Mash Up Technologies For New Take On Interactive Tables May 16, 2024 by Dave Haynes Very good, hyper-responsive multitouch technology has been mashed up with slick object recognition tech out of Germany for an interactive table aimed at markets like museums, showrooms and military/police situational awareness rooms. The product – called Tile Pro | Scape X – blends the touch technology from Braga, Portugal’s DISPLAX with the objection recognition tech …
NCR Voyix Partners With GRUBBRR On Kiosk Tuned To Spiking Demand In QSRs For Self-Service Ordering May 16, 2024 by Dave Haynes Point of sale giant NCR Voyix is going after the spike in demand for self-service ordering and payment kiosks in the restaurant sector by launching what it calls its Aloha kiosk, which has GRUBBRR’s software running under the hood. Kiosks, the company says, address ongoing issues the food services industry is facing – including finding …
Sphere’s Backers Get Full Ownership Of Key Tech Supplier, Directional Audio Firm HOLOPLOT May 13, 2024 by Dave Haynes One way for a high-profile attraction to deal with other projects “inspired” by the originally is to partially or fully influence or control the businesses of key technology suppliers, especially those supplying somewhat unique solutions. Sphere Entertainment, the company behind that giant, much-Instagram’d LED ball in Las Vegas, has done a deal to realize full …
Pyramid Markets Kiosk With Transparent OLED Screen That Doesn’t Block Sightlines In QSR May 10, 2024 by Dave Haynes The market will tell the story, and I am a bit skeptical, but this is nonetheless an interesting use of transparent OLED for QSR environments, tying the display to kiosk functionality. The IT solutions firm Pyramid will be showing a version at its stands at the upcoming National Restaurant Association trade show – positioning it …
7-Eleven Japan Rolling Computer Vision-Informed Retail Media Network Across 500 Stores May 3, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Japanese wing of convenience store giant 7-Eleven is rolling out what looks and sounds like a retail media network in 500 locations around that country, placing a big emphasis on in-store analytics by using a Sony computer vision platform. The retail giant is using the edge AI-sensing platform AITRIOS developed and supported by Sony …
IGEL, LG Announce “Digital Signage Revolution” … But The Solution Doesn’t Appear To Apply To Digital Signage. Huh??? May 2, 2024 by Dave Haynes The headline: IGEL and LG Spearhead a Dynamic Digital Signage Revolution with New LG CreateBoard Display Solutions, Powered by IGEL OS This announcement got my attention because it involves LG, one of the larger tech companies in this sector, and the suggestion that some new product partnership is going to spearhead a Dynamic Digital Signage …
