Why So Few Posts – I’m Seriously On The Road October 28, 2024 by Super User If you are wondering why the volume of posts have slowed to a trickle the last week or so, it’s because I am on an epic planes, trains and traffic research trip, and am typing this from my hotel room in Taipei at 6 in the morning. I’m not a good travel sleeper – planes …
This Window Glass Dynamically Shapeshifts, Grows Virtual Plants To Create Shade October 26, 2024 by Super User The Dutch start-up VideowindoW had a big moment this week at a trade show called Glass Technology Live, showing its very interesting dimmable glass that can use animated creative to block the glare and heat flooding a space like an airport departure seating area. Working with a consortium that included Arnold Glas and LamiPress, VideowindoW showed a …
Specialty Display Firm Praevar, Best Known For High-Bright LCDs, Goes Green With E Ink Posters October 22, 2024 by Super User A Toronto company known very much for its high-brightness outdoor LCD displays has taken a distinct pivot into e-paper poster displays that consume a fraction of the power. The specialty display manufacturer Praevar has started marketing a 32-inch ePoster based around the E Ink Spectra 6 display, aiming the product at indoor advertising and retail …
E Ink, Hanshow Launch 13.3-Inch Full Color E-Paper Display For Retail October 18, 2024 by Super User This is what’s at least described as the first commercial application of a full-color electronic paper display in a retail environment – at an Aeon China store in Changsha. I put the “described” qualifier in there because there often ends up being another example, done somewhere else. Whatever the case, it is certainly indicative of …
Out Of Home Giant JC Decaux Now Rating Environmental Friendliness Of Its Ad Faces October 17, 2024 by Super User The French media company JC Decaux has developed and introduced an “Eco Design Index” that reflects the environmental friendliness of its street-level ad displays as well as the substantially different points of view about environmental issues in digital out of home. Sustainability and what has been coined green signage are big issues and discussion points …
Photos: Here’s A Look At That Solar-Driven Color Billboard Tech October 16, 2024 by Super User Here are some photos I asked for that show the public demo of that Israeli company’s very different approach to making billboards both digital and also sustainable. KA-Dynamic Color and a NYC partner Sign Expo got the OK to show a portion of its billboard tech in a park yesterday and again today (at the corner …
LG Starts Marketing EV Charging Stations With Integrated, Multi-Purpose Touch Screens October 10, 2024 by Super User LG’s energy solutions business is huge, particularly with respect to EV batteries, so it is logical that the company is pushing deeper into EV charging solutions with a new fast charging station that bakes in a touchscreen display. LG Business Solutions USA has announced it has started taking orders for its first Level 3 DC …
Israeli Start-up Demo’ing Full Color Highway Billboard Tech That Uses Almost No Power October 10, 2024 by Super User An Israeli company is doing a demo next week in New York of billboard technology that you might think is what would happen if color e-paper and electro-mechanical technologies snuck off to a hotel room and ended up with a baby. The product developed by KA-Dynamic Color uses a distinct type of reflective display tech …
BMW Has Plans To Actually Sell Cars Clad In Changeable E Ink Full-Color Film September 6, 2024 by Super User Hat tip to German content partner invidis for noting this … here’s my take: When E Ink worked with BMW to make a demo car to clad a vehicle with a color-changing film, it was widely regarded as an interesting bit of trade show booth eye candy for the throngs of gadget-lovers meandering the aisles …
Taiwan’s HANNspree Starts Marketing Energy-Sipping Reflective “ecoVISION Paper Displays” August 30, 2024 by Super User Taiwan-based flat panel display manufacturer HannStar, through its HANNspree division, has started advance marketing on what it calls an ecoVISION Paper Display – a reflective digital display that consumes up to 80% less power than traditional LED-backlit display panels. There are versions for e-readers and specialty monitors, but also a pair that have digital signage …
