LaGuardia Does A Different Take On Flight Status Displays For Travelers May 24, 2022 by Super User Paul Fleuranges sent me a quick note and photos from the mercifully-renovated Terminal B of New York’s LaGuardia Airport – his first time in that or any airport since COVID hit. The refresh of an airport that would be generously described as a hell-pit included a big re-think and upgrade of the digital displays at …
Mellitron Broadens Outdoor Display Focus To Include EV Charging Stations May 21, 2022 by Super User The Canadian electronics enclosure manufacturer Mellitron has joined a growing list of outdoor display companies expanding beyond DOOH street furniture and QSR drive-thrus into electric vehicle charging stations. The Guelph, Ontario company (Guelph is outer-outer-outer Toronto) now has fully customizable Level 2 EV charging stations aimed at restaurant, retail, smart cities and other possible use-cases. …
Palmer Digital Group Partners With IoTecha On Smart EV Charging Kiosks May 20, 2022 by Super User NJ-based custom display manufacturer Palmer Digital Group was already doing EV charging kiosks but now has a formal partnership with a start-up – IoTecha – that’s focused on providing the key hardware and software components for smart charging infrastructure. The EV vehicle market is growing rapidly, reasons PDG in PR, “and the current infrastructure is …
Sodaclick Adds AI-Driven Voice Interaction Platform To Its Content Solutions May 13, 2022 by Super User The London-area content creation start-up Sodaclick has expanded from providing SaaS-based HTML5 tools for on-screen creative into AI-driven voice interaction for screens. The particularly interesting wrinkle here is that the two technologies are somewhat intertwined – so that voice interaction at screens can be supported by custom creative generated within Sodaclick’s platform. Sodaclick Voice uses …
Barco’s ClickShare Tech Gets Digital Signage-Enabled Via Signagelive Partnership May 11, 2022 by Super User As consumer and workplace devices have grown increasingly smart and reliably connected, it’s been natural for people on the technology side of digital signage to wonder if they could also function as media players. Barco’s ClickShare product line was introduced a few years ago as a means of enabling easy, almost seamless sharing from laptops …
Boston’s Mass Transport System Deploying Ad-Free Customer Information Displays Across Network May 5, 2022 by Super User The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (or MBTA) has started deploying what it calls pre-fare “Customer Information Displays” at subway stations in the greater Boston, running real-time information about the state of the system and service. The wall-mounted screens are located on the lobby level of stations, outside the fare gates. Right now the screens are …
Embed Signage Partners With Nexmosphere On Interactive Sensors And Controls For Digital Signage May 4, 2022 by Super User The UK digital signage CMS firm embed signage has worked a deal with the Dutch firm Nexmosphere to directly integrate with that company’s interactive sensors, controls and software platform. A handful of competing CMS companies already have partnerships, but embed says this is distinct. “With the integration in embed, users simply use the built-in drop …
These German Digital Ad Totems Have Moss Backsides And Double As Sidewalk-Level Air Filters April 28, 2022 by Super User Hat Tip to AV Magazine for noting this … Digital OOH media companies have been trying to use smart city add-ons – like community WiFI and IoT sensors – to win city approvals and rights to put ad poster totems on city streets, but a German company has a different spin on all this: a …
Watch: Midtown NYC Office Block Gets Fantastic Digital Makeover In Common Spaces April 27, 2022 by Super User This is a fantastic example of a corporate client buying entirely into the advice that creative should drive the decisions and designs when using technology as an architectural design feature. The big NYC commercial property developer Vornado Realty Trust engaged Montreal’s Moment Factory to rethink the lobby and common spaces experience at PENN 1, a …
NEC Launches Suite Of Workplace Management Solutions, Including Signage, Tied To Its Cloud Services April 21, 2022 by Super User NEC Corporation of America (NEC), the non-display side of NEC not part of the 2020 Sharp-NEC Displays joint venture, sees an opportunity to make workplaces smarter through what it calls a “comprehensive suite of Workplace Management solutions” that include digital signage and wayfinding. The solutions are designed to complement the company’s Univerge Blue Cloud Services, …
