Light Version Of Intel’s Video Analytics Platform Now Free November 20, 2012 by Super User Intel has tweaked the offer for its video analytics technology (aka face pattern detection/counting) by making a version of free to use, and not just for a trial period. The Silver edition of the Intel AIM Suite is now positioned as a way for retailers, brands and screen network operators to check out and start …
The Mannequins Are Watching You Watching Them November 20, 2012 by Super User When we think of anonymous video analytics in retail, we tend to think about products like Intel’s AIM Suite being integrated as software and cameras embedded with networked display monitors. Now there’s word of a very different way of doing the same sort of retail analytics – using cameras embedded in mannequins in high-fashion stores. …
Sold Out DailyDOOH Awards Set For Next Week In UK November 20, 2012 by Super User Tickets are now sold out for the DailyDOOH Gala Awards, an event billed as the “First Annual International Awards Totally Dedicated to Digital Out of Home.” The black tie evening is next Thursday in London in what would be locally described as a very posh establishment, the main hall of the Banqueting House – …
Dallas Ministry Using Digital Signage To Help Homeless November 19, 2012 by Super User This is a nice little project to talk about this week, with Thanksgiving coming up. A Dallas-based homeless ministry is using digital signage as part of its efforts to help that city’s homeless, with flat screens in Our Calling’s facility telling people about things like meal times, food distribution points and weather conditions. “A lot of …
Signagelive, Seneca Data Debut Sub-$1K Digital Signage Bundle November 19, 2012 by Super User Signagelive and Seneca Data have worked a bundle deal that sees the upstate NY commercial PC maker ship a box with pre-loaded software, three years of platform access and three year warranty, for sub-$1,000. The bundled solution features an Intel-powered Windows 7 Embedded media player with 2GB of memory and 320GB of internal storage, pre-installed …
Preset Mixer 2013 Coming Together Nicely November 18, 2012 by Super User Preset Mixer FINAL from studio10productions on Vimeo. For once, I am not heading deep into January or February and thinking, “Hmmm, guess I should start getting the Preset Mixer together …” Instead, it is pretty much together already. New venue. More people. And best, we have engaged an events planner who actually knows how to …
Could Digital Signage Network Monitoring Be SpotCheck’d November 16, 2012 by Super User When a digital signage network is properly designed, and the budget and infrastructure are all there, a lot of the worries about what’s happening in the field go away. With good connectivity and full remote management of all the devices, the people operating the network know what’s going on and have tools and processes to …
Damn, They’re Low On Full Sail Hopfenfrisch! November 15, 2012 by Super User A reader saw the post a few weeks back about a digital menu board for beers on tap, and pointed out there is another company also doing that – with some pretty clever enhancements. Portland-based Digital Pour has a menu board that shows what’s on tap in a bar, but is also the front-end of …
Tech: An LCD Screen And Keypad On A Bank Card November 14, 2012 by Super User I have a tag-team presentation thing for an executive group at the end of the week, with my Mr. Smartypants portion devoted to emerging technologies that affect shoppers. One of the things I will be focused on is how display technology is evolving ion such a way that there will be screens just about everywhere. …
Women In AV Asking Sector To Get Involved To Help Sandy Victims November 14, 2012 by Super User The group Women In AV, which has a pretty self-explanatory handle, is promoting some modest efforts to help the victims of Sandy in some modest but compelling ways. They have distributed a letter asking the AV industry to pitch in, starting with some donations that will help people who don’t have liveable homes (or in …
