20+ LED Screen Firms Fined By FCC For Compliance Problems; Two For More Than $100K November 30, 2018 by Dave Haynes Some US LED sign manufacturers started making noises a couple of years ago about competing manufacturers – especially those from China – were selling product that did not comply with US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations. The primary argument was that the FCC has rules in place that ensure light-emitting display devices do not interfere …
Sydney’s New Train Ops Center Boasts Largest Control Room LED Wall On Planet November 28, 2018 by Dave Haynes A lot of the larger LED companies – particularly ones from China – have been going after the control room market with its finest pitch LED product, the thinking being large public and private companies might have deeper pockets than retail and other vertical industries. But it looks like a U.S.-based manufacturer has bagged the …
That Insane ETISALAT Booth At GITEX Also Had Shape-Shifting LED Walls November 27, 2018 by Dave Haynes One of the buzziest impressions from the recent GITEX trade show in Dubai – a very large, by the looks of it moderately crazy variation on CES – was the way, way, way over-the-top ETISALAT booth – with the telecoms company having LED everywhere, and a flying car (only kinda sorta – it appeared to …
New Spanish Shopping Mall Greets, Entertains With Giant, Curved LED Facade November 26, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is a new shopping mall – Torrecardenas – in Almeria,Spain, on the south coast, about 200 km east of Malaga (if that means anything to you). The mall developers went very big on direct view LED on a curved wall by the main entry point. What I like, based on the videos below, is …
Nike Opens Screen-Filled, Frictionless Shopping Flagship In NYC November 19, 2018 by Dave Haynes Nike late last week opened the doors to what it calls “House of Innovation 000” – a new six-level flagship store at 650 Fifth Avenue in New York that is built around making shopping largely frictionless, and uses a lot of screens. The 68,000 square foot store includes a center-hung, multi-level not-sure-what-I’d-call-it multi-sensory tower structure …
Sony’s Crystal LED Wall Spotted In Real World Retail Install November 9, 2018 by Dave Haynes A reader, doubling as a volunteer operative, sent me pix from Toronto’s ritzy Yorkdale mall of an actual, real installation of that giant, gorgeous Sony “crystal LED” screen that’s shown up at trade shows for the last couple of years. The CLEDIS display – new tech that is micro/mini/something LED versus the normal surface-mounted LEDs …
LED Light Displays Show The Ebb And Flow Of Boston’s Tides, Using Data Visualization November 8, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is one of those projects that treads the line between light and signage – though I’d probably argue it’s much more about lighting. But very smart lighting, that is visualizing data. So kinda signage. Which is why I am writing about it. Tidal Light is a public data sculpture that uses addressable LED light …
For LED Screens Within Public Reach, The Future Is Hardened November 7, 2018 by Dave Haynes There’s no question that direct view LED displays have seen a huge uptick in marketplace adoption in the last couple of years, but one thing that’s been holding back even broader adoption is durability. In simple terms, conventionally-made LED displays are fragile. That’s not much of an issue if the displays are up on a …
IAC Refreshes Giant NYC HQ Lobby Video Wall, Using 1.4mm LED October 31, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is the second iteration of a massive video wall in the lobby of the NYC-based internet media company IAC. The first version went up in 2012, using Prysm laser phosphor display cubes. Six years on, V2 uses 1.4mm pixel pitch LED modules. The 117×10-foot wall was designed, engineered and integrated by Video Corporation of America …
LED Lobby Feature Wall Centerpiece of Reimagined Miami Office Tower October 23, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is the lobby of 100 Biscayne Boulevard in Miami – a commercial office tower just across the road from the big Bayfront urban park and entertainment area downtown. The 30-storey office block’s facelift includes a direct view LED feature wall that wraps around the entry to the elevator lobby. Not totally sure of the …
