Estimote Puts Digital Signage System On A BLE Beacon September 17, 2016 by Dave Haynes Bluetooth beacons have been turned into interactive digital signage players by one of the largest manufacturers of the high buzz factor radio transmitters. The Polish start-up Estimote has announced a new product called Estimote Mirror, a dongle that plugs into the back of any display that has an HDMI and USB port (if they are next …
Connected Screen Demo Shows How Interactive Digital Signs Can Be Contactless Payment Terminals September 10, 2016 by Dave Haynes The transaction processing company Ingenico is demonstrating a slick “connected screen” concept at the Toronto International Film Festival that allows people to just wave their Visa credit card at an LCD screen to make a donation. This is the first North American demonstration of a concept that’s been shown in Europe – enabling people who …
The Path To The Post-Search Era August 23, 2016 by Vpetersson Guest Post: Kaijus Asteljoki, Valotalive “Why?” That was the question, a good friend asked me recently. “Why do you do what you do? What inspires you and your company to push forward?” I had an immediate answer to that question, because it was obvious to me. Now I want to share my answer with you. We …
The Table Stakes of Digital Signage August 23, 2016 by Dave Haynes “Table stakes” is an appropriated term from the card table, used in the business world not for poker bet limits, but on what a company needs to have to really be competitive. I was asked the other day what the so-called table stakes now in digital signage – those “things” a company must have to be taken seriously as a software vendor or …
Conductive Ink Turns Pizza Hut Box Into Interactive DJ Station August 17, 2016 by Dave Haynes Via TechCrunch I’m a big proponent of mixing mediums, like using print to frame and make digital displays much bigger. And I like tech that turns a medium upside – like the conductive ink developed by UK startup Novalia. The company uses paper thin printed membranes as the touch overlay and microcontrollers as the smarts. …
Density Debuts New Way To Count, Report And Display Crowds And Lines August 10, 2016 by Dave Haynes There’s a podcast episode up today about Density, a San Francisco start-up that has launched a new type of people-counting sensor I think has some interesting potential for the digital signage market. Density was launched by Apple alums and former founders of Y Combinator. Their product is touted as a simple sensor-as-a-service that uses infrared beams to …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Andrew Farah, Density August 10, 2016 by Dave Haynes This week, Sixteen:Nine speaks with Andrew Farah, the CEO and one of the founders of Density, a San Francisco-area start-up that’s going at crowd tracking in a different way. Density puts a small sensor at the doorway or doorways leading into a venue or a targeted area,uses infrared beams to measure anonymous movements as people come and …
Digital Convergence, Interactivity And Personalization Key To Digital Signage’s Future July 8, 2016 by Richard Murton Guest Post: Cornelia Henkel, Advanced Digital Solutions The ongoing digital convergence of digital signage, IT, consumer electronics, telecommunications and the media industry will pose major challenges on system integration issues, but also promise to augment viewer experiences to a completely new stage. Digital signage will evolve to digital engagement, enabled by an increased interactivity between …
Sign Up For July 12 Canonical Webinar On Emerging IoT Tech July 6, 2016 by Dave Haynes If you are interested in emerging tech you might want to set aside an hour next Tuesday, July 12, for a webinar I’m running with a couple of interesting UK-based companies. The session, put on by Canonical, the guys behind Ubuntu Linux, features Nikodem Lacki, CTO of Boldmind, and Ebrahim Busheri, CEO of Lime SDR. …
The Next Wave Of Interactive Sidewalk Kiosks Will Sniff For Leaks And Log Traffic Jams July 1, 2016 by Dave Haynes hat tip to @thegreatgadsby for noticing this … The tech publication Recode has a really interesting post up about how those interactive stations that are showing up on big city streets, replacing phone booths, are much more than information hubs with free Wi-Fi supported by digital OOH ads. The product that Google-backed Sidewalk Labs is marketing …
