NanoLumens gets shot at backboard advertising November 23, 2011 by Super User The Atlanta-based display firm NanoLumens have found their way into a market I’m guessing the guys didn’t cook up on their own, but might have some legs. The company won a small job to build four custom units to use at the annual Maui Invitational NCAA Men’s college basketball tournament in Hawaii. The organizers wanted a …
Digital signage software and player on a USB stick? November 22, 2011 by Super User Jason Cremins of SignageLive had a tweet up this morning about a Norwegian start-up that has a PC that is the size of a car cigarette lighter, but capable of running Android and driving 1080P video. Laptop magazine reports how FXI Technologies showed off a USB stick-sized portable computer prototype, complete with a dual-core 1.2-GHz Samsung …
rAVe: Chief adds iPad2 mount November 14, 2011 by Super User Designed as a consumer tablet, the iPad2 has made its way into the control system and digital signage markets. Now Chief is shipping an interface bracket to allow iPads to be mounted using nearly all of Chief’s F- and K-Series monitor mounts. Featuring custom-molded materials for functionality and durability, the minimalist design (more of a …
NanoLumens diversifies product line, and now goes outdoors November 11, 2011 by Super User I have been watching NanoLumens for about 2 1/2 years now, really liking the display product but always thinking the line needed to get a little more diversified to get end-users interested. It looks very much now like that diversity thing is addressed. The Atlanta company was at Customer Engagement Technology World this week showing off …
rAVe: Sales Of Commercial Flat Panels Grow 9 Percent In Past Year November 11, 2011 by rave Sales of large (26”+) flat panel displays made for commercial applications, such as digital signage, continue to increase according to the latest DisplaySearch Monthly Large Format Commercial Displays Sell Through Report. “In contrast to slowing sales of flat panel TVs for at-home consumer enjoyment, monthly sell-through of FPDs designed specifically for commercial applications are up …
Christie marks two years for its Tiles November 11, 2011 by Super User Christie Digital’s PR team sent a note around Thursday rolling up the big moments for its MicroTiles product, which is two years old as of this week. Some of the big jobs they have done are well-known and covered – like the London Stock Exhange, NASCAR Hall of Fame and Arsenal Media’s BuzzWalls, but what …
ComQi goes Shazam, but is it magical? November 10, 2011 by Super User I haven’t seen a release, but did see a DailyDOOH post up yesterday, as well as tweets from the vendor, trumpeting a deal between ComQi and Shazam – a mobile app that recognizes and identifies music files. Shazam has a BIG user base among iOS and Android handset users who fire up the app when …
Lots of interactive signage goodies in IPG’s new(ish) media lab November 10, 2011 by Super User IPG Mediabrands, described as the “media innovation unit” of the $34-billion media holding company Interpublic Group, has launched a whiz-bang media lab in its New York offices. The IPG Media Lab, says a release this morning, is the world’s first, and the industry’s most highly-invested immersion and exploration center dedicated to bringing the most promising …
rAVe: Pro flat panel display market up 29% this year, says new report November 7, 2011 by rave Year on year growth in the professional flat panel display sector is at nearly 29 per cent, according to new research from Futuresource Consulting. The pure pro display market experienced quarter-on-quarter growth of close to 6 percent in Q3, and volume sales for the year so far is at 454,000 units, Combining pro displays with …
HP’s new Photon Engine to paint giant 3D surfaces November 7, 2011 by Super User HP Labs, the computing giant’s central research arm, has announced a new product that allows vivid 3D images to be painted on what it describes as building-sized surfaces. “The Photon Engine paints any sized surface with precise dots of light to create a vivid way to visualize enterprise data in 2-D and 3-D,” says Carlos …
