NanoLumens explained, in video, to tech blogger Robert Scoble November 6, 2010 by Super UserThe NanoLumens guys got some major love and exposure this week from highly influential tech blogger Robert Scoble. I THINK he saw the thin, flexible digital signage display when he was at an event in which the Atlanta company picked up a major tech innovation award. Scobleizer, the term used for primary blog and how …
Intel's new open pluggable spec for digital signage gets mixed review from Iadea November 4, 2010 by Super UserOne of the featured presentations a few weeks ago at the Digital Signage Expo Industry Forum was done by Jose Avalos, Intel’s main guy on all things digital signage. He talked about several things (and ran a very cool video at the end that I still can’t find online). But the big thing was an …
Buy your digital signage gear from Office Depot! No, really … November 1, 2010 by Super UserAs spotted on the interwebs, Office Depot somewhere on the back 40 of its e-commerce site, in the monitors and projectors section (quite logically): Digital Signage! You can buy LG’s NC1000, which I assume has some flavor of the SuperSign software loaded in it. Or you can buy a 19″ 4:3 Samsung monitor with a …
Digital View joins digital signage in a box race November 1, 2010 by Super UserMany, many companies have come out in the last two or three years with digital signage in a box offers, all with variations on why their kit is different. One of the oldest companies in the digital signage sector, Digital View, has announced its own version. I am more than three years removed from working …
Whatamap's mobile service pushes wayfinding from Al Barq's screens to phones November 1, 2010 by Super UserI like digital wayfinding solutions in places like malls and big public facilities because, done well, they make it a lot easier to get people from here to there. There’s one small snag, though. Even with digital providing guidance with speed and accuracy, the information is on that screen and can tend to go into …
Guest Post: The evolution of digital signage is underway October 28, 2010 by Jason CreminsIn the digital signage sector, the evolution of technology in one month is the equivalent to one million years in human development. Sounds a bit much, I know, but stay with me here. Cynics in the tech gadget world smirked when the iPhone came along in 2007, derisively calling it the “Jesus Phone” and scoffing …
Is it one 330-inch display or a wall of 60s? October 26, 2010 by Super UserFrom Display Blog, via Display Alliance News, word of a massive display wall planned for a Tokyo rail station. The big questions. This is being hyped by Sharp or someone as a 330-inch display. But when it is 18 60-inch displays all tiled neatly together, is it? For what little my opinion matters, it’s a …
Pro hockey's opener takes over LED boards in Toronto's Dundas Square October 26, 2010 by Super UserNOTE – Aaron Campus is an industry friend. Over lunch the other day, he related his recent experiences with a live event that used digital signage on giant LED boards. I asked if he’d do me a favour and write it up. The NHL started its season in style this year on October 7th with …
Putting the farm into digital signage content production October 13, 2010 by Super UserA couple of recent presentations I’ve done talked a little about cloud computing, and I used content rendering farms as a good example of using web-based services to get work done without investing in infrastructure. With one exception, no one I was in front of had ever heard of rendering farms. And I really hadn’t …
Toronto's Union Station Lit Up With 3-D Projections October 6, 2010 by Super UserI’m a big fan of projection technology because it has the capability to make a project, well, big. Toronto has an annual contemporary art celebration around the city called Nuit Blanche, and a highlight of the most recent event was an all-night projected installation on the facade of the city’s main rail station. The digital …
