Guest Post: Digital Signage and the Internet of Things November 1, 2011 by Bas Smeets The technical community has been talking for a while now about the coming Internet of Things – when our business and personal lives see a fundamental shift in how we see and use the Internet. Right now, we use the Internet through computing devices like desktop PCs and laptops, tablets and smart phones. The digital …
Prysm announces $100M-plus raise to start volume production October 27, 2011 by Super User Investment capital may be hard to come by for a lot of digital signage people – and business in general – these days, but the guys at Prysm just raised more than $100 million. The company, which markets Laser Phosphor Display stackable display tiles, just announced new financing that will turn on volume production of the …
QR codes that spit back personalized responses October 27, 2011 by Super User The retail tech site Storefront Backtalk has a piece up about what’s promoted as a new generation of QR code scanning technology that goes beyond supplying generic information to something tailored to the person doing the scanning. Scanbuy says its technology can display different information on smartphones —and initiate different actions—based on things like the …
Cineplex rolls out multi-screen Lobby Show in its cinemas October 21, 2011 by Super User My friends over at Cineplex Digital Solutions (formerly DDC) have done a lot of great work for clients through the years, so it stands to reason that the solution they put together for the new masters would also be pretty good. They have rolled out what is called a Lobby Show network in the 130 …
Sightings: Kohl’s interactive shopping kiosks at JFK T5 October 20, 2011 by Super User I was buzzing along to Gate 1 at JFK T5 last night but stopped long long enough to take a snappie of this interesting kiosk/pop-up store thing being doing by US retailer Kohl’s at some airports. The digital kiosks allow shoppers to order Kohl’s products online and have them shipped home with free delivery. The …
rAVe: Emerson releases new fanless i5 PC for digital signage market October 20, 2011 by rave Emerson launched its first “fanless” embedded computer, now featuring the second generation Intel Core processor. To our knowledge, its the first one to use the second generation Intel Core i5-2510E dual-core processor running at 2.5 GHz. The Emerson KR8-820 is aimed at DS installs and is housed in a grooved metal enclosure that supposedly transfers …
rAVe: GestureTek releases newest interactive Cube October 20, 2011 by rave GestureTek has started shipping a new version of its plug and play interactive floor system, the Cube V4. It includes a higher resolution (1200×800) projector, which can run in either 16:9 or the original 4:3 aspect ratio. Because of the Cube V4’s ultrashort throw lens, the powerful projected image creates an image that is bigger …
rAVe: AMX ships new enterprise digital signage software application October 20, 2011 by rave Dubbed Inspired Composer 5, AMX’s new enterprise-wide digital signage software application is designed to ensure a consistent look and feel across all signs in an organization, as well as schedule creative content. Developed for use with the Inspired XPert digital signage players (both 1080p native IS-XPT-2000 and IS-200) from AMX, Inspired Composer 5 allows for …
A wind turbine that would double as a digital billboard October 15, 2011 by Super User Spotted on EarthTechling via TechCrunch: The guys behind the Segway, but more to the point a pile of life-improving medical devices, have applied for a patent for a wind turbine that would double as a sort of digital billboard. Reports Earth Techling: Although the patent application (by DEKA Research) talks some about the power-producing possibilities of …
rAVe: Multitouch debuts 55-inch multi-user touch display October 13, 2011 by rave The Finnish firm MultiTouch has announced the introduction of what it is calling the world’s largest integrated multi-user LCD multitouch display, the MultiTaction Cell 55. The product, a 55-inch display, is the first to emerge from the company’s new software and hardware platform for large-scale multitouch LCD displays, MultiTaction. It can track unlimited touch points, including hands, …
