Coke’s Ballyhooed Shape-Shifting LED Board In Time Square Is Now Very Much 2D August 28, 2018 by Super User We will probably never get a public story about the three-dimensional, robotic direct view LED display that Coke spent an unknown PILE of money on for Times Square. If you were a contractor and influenced the decision to do that, you’re keeping quiet and saving face. If it is your tech, you are definitely not …
New NYC Pier 17 Destination’s Atrium Enveloped In Direct-View LED August 28, 2018 by Super User The same company that put together the sync’d LED messaging and ad displays at NYC’s busy Fulton Center has done a similar job at the new Pier 17 at the Seaport District in Lower Manhattan. The technology service provider ANC has installed and now manages a new digital media network that includes more than 2,000 square …
Giant Vertical LED Wall Greets Visitors To Northwestern U’s New Athletic Center August 22, 2018 by Super User The lobby of the newly opened Walter Athletics Center at Northwestern University in Chicago has a giant vertical LED wall, as well as what looks like large tiled (and possibly interactive) flat-panel display walls to the sides. The facility, which opened August 1st, sits on the shores of Lake Michigan at the school’s Evanston …
Biz Dev Alert: LED-Palooza Planned At Crimson Tide’s Main Sports Venues August 20, 2018 by Super User Someone on the LED display side of the business with ties to the University of Alabama may want to place a couple of calls to fellow alumni about a $600 million, 10-year plan that will see a whole bunch of new digital displays added to the public and behind the scenes areas of the Crimson …
NanoLumens Develops Credit Course Aimed At Educating Architects On LED Tech August 16, 2018 by Super User This is a clever move by NanoLumens to get firmly on the radar of architects who design interior spaces, and do things like scheme in big LED video walls: get in their education ecosystem. The Atlanta LED display manufacturer has developed a new certified course to be offered through the American Institute of Architects’ Continuing Education …
LED Display Market Now Valued At More Than $5B: Futuresource August 16, 2018 by Super User LED displays are now a $5 billion global market, with the Americas region reaching a key milestone of $1 billion for the first time in 2017. The data comes from the market research firm Futuresource Consulting, which makes displays one of a relatively short list of vertical markets it studies. I note this because news …
Watchfire Wins $30M Deal For Refreshed Fremont Street LED Canopy August 15, 2018 by Super User Danville, IL-based LED sign company Watchfire Signs has won the monster deal for a new multimedia LED canopy over Fremont Street in Las Vegas. The upgraded sign will have 130,000 sq. ft. of LED – which in less technical terms means a lot. Watchfire, in a press release, says it was selected from among 15 digital screen …
Tokyo’s Narita Airport Has Video Wall Ode To Toliets, Using Low-Rez LEDs And Fabric Panels July 31, 2018 by Super Userhttps://youtu.be/mmgWUMyrNhI This is something called Luminous Textiles – a Philips product that blends multi-coloured LEDs with fabric panels. I’ve seen stuff a bit like this using relatively low-rez LED modules and a layer of film that diffuses and softens the light. In this case, it’s for a working exhibit at Tokyo’s Narita airport that celebrates …
Watch This Very Impressive 3D Animation Done For Rolls-Royce Stand July 30, 2018 by Super User Here’s another video in which I’m short on details. This is from the Rolls-Royce exhibit at the recent Farnborough air show in the UK. I spotted it on Linkedin. The company used a big fine pitch LED cube and very clever three-dimensional graphics to market a component for its jet engines. What’s intriguing is that …
Moving LED Curtain Used To Market Luxury Car July 30, 2018 by Super UserNot sure where this was – guessing somewhere in China. The video just says it is a road show. It’s a podium display for a Mercedes, and what’s interesting is how a NexNovo transparent LED mesh screen is attached to some sort of motorized channel that moves along the front of the podium, with the …
