16:9 Projects Podcast: Intersection’s CSO On The Massive LinkNYC Smart City Rollout June 2, 2017 by Danica Trapara This episode we’re speaking with Dave Etherington, who is CSO of Intersection, one of the companies responsible for LinkNYC. In 2014, New York City set out to overhaul their payphone infrastructure. The result is LinkNYC, which provides anyone in the city with free phone calls to anywhere in the U.S., free wifi, local information and some …
Projects: UK Theatre Lights Up Big Stretched Displays At Entryway June 1, 2017 by Dave Haynes Here’s an example of how those stretched 86-inch LG LCD panels are being used away from trade show booths and in the real world – a pair of them gracing the entryway to a refurbished theatre in Dorset, England. The screens are running custom promotional content for the theatre, including advertising for productions, vendors and show …
Why Did They Do This? May 30, 2017 by Dave Haynes A Shenzhen company called Nexnovo sent me pix, tech details and a video about a transparent LED mesh wall on the corner of a building in Tokyo, and I am scratching my head wondering why the job was done like this. The building owner, or someone, had custom versions of the mesh cut so they would …
Canada’s PharmaChoice Rolls Out Advice For Life Digital Signage Network In Stores May 29, 2017 by Dave Haynes Canada’s second-largest independent pharmacy banner PharmaChoice is going ahead with plans for a national rollout of an in-store digital signage network, branded as the Advice for Life Network. The screens are primarily in place to deliver a mix of PharmaChoice-sponsored healthy tips for their customers, and local content specific to each location. There will also …
Projects: Check Out This Nice 2 By 5 Elevator Lobby Video Wall at Westgate Las Vegas May 25, 2017 by Dave Haynes The Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, what you may know as the old Las Vegas Hilton right next to the convention center, has put some serious money into sprucing the place up, including the digital displays. There are more than 150 digital signage displays on the property, including custom LED screens, 4K video walls, HD …
Marjiuana Dispensaries Pay For Digital Signage Set-Up In One Month Of Upsells May 25, 2017 by Dave Haynes Politics and laws are in a bit of “who knows what’s gonna happen next?” state these days in the U.S., but assuming states that decriminalized marijuana are not shut down federally, this is a big growth area for a bunch of industries – including digital signage. You have shops selling a lot of stuff over a …
Projects: Hollywood’s Iconic Chinese Theatre Gets Projection-Mapped May 23, 2017 by Dave Haynes Movie buffs who find themselves in LA tend to make a pilgrimage to the TCL Chinese Theatre, probably the most iconic moviehouse on the planet. Now, if they go at night, they can see a new projection-mapped show on the facade of what for many years was known as Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. The new show in …
Projects: Mall’s Center Court Tree Gets LCD Display Ornaments May 23, 2017 by Dave Haynes Not really sure what I think of this … Certainly gets points for being different. But a bunch of LCDs dangling like Christmas ornaments around a living ficus tree in the middle of a mall, I dunno … This is the set-up, launched I think in 2014, at the Louis Joliet Mall in way suburban Chicago. The tree is surrounded …
Projects: This Sliding, Morphing LED-LCD Wall Takes Closer Looks At Human Brain May 23, 2017 by Dave Haynes This is very impressive – a 20-foot tall direct view LED wall sync’d with seven 72-inch LCD monitors that crawl up and down the wall on side-by-side tracks, showing information about the human brain and the scientists pushing the boundaries of neuroscience research. The monitors, when down at eye-level, are interactive, and when sliding up …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Rodolfo Saccoman, CEO/Founder of AdMobilize May 17, 2017 by Dave Haynes There’s nothing all that new about digital signage networks using video analytics to get some sense of what’s happening with audiences near screens, but AdMobilize is not just another company peddling the same old stuff. I spoke with CEO and Founder Rodolfo Saccoman about a product and service he says rolls up a wide range …
