Projects: SMU’s Biz School Emulates Trading Floor Environment April 15, 2013 by Super User [youtube id=”6Ve_TDx9WP8″ width=”600″ height=”350″] This is pretty cool, though I doubt the students at Southern Methodist University’s Finance Lab yell all day and then head home in their BMW the way the guys do on Wall Street. SMU’s Cox School of Business has simulated a real-world trading environment in a lab that emulates a trading …
Projects: Scotiabank’s Scattered Sweep Of MicroTiles At Yorkdale April 1, 2013 by Super User I already thought the digital display work at Scotiabank’s branch at Yorkdale mall (a very high-end shopping centre in Toronto) was pretty nice, but a new element that was still just in planning when I was last through there is now up and running. There are 80 MicroTiles in an abstract, textured sweep on the …
Projects: Virtual Train Windows In Madrid Bar March 29, 2013 by Super User This is brilliant. Jeff Wismer of Cineplex Digital tweeted about a coffee shop/bar in Madrid, Spain that has taken on the look of a passenger rail cabin, all the way down to a set of digital cabin windows that show a virtual landscape rolling by. The Passenger bar was put together by art designer Parolio, …
Projects: 170 Sq. Ft. Of Sign At DC Convention Hall March 28, 2013 by Super User NanoLumens now has a very large, very prominent showpiece install in the US Capitol it send potential clients over to see. The Atlanta-based company is making noise about a new 7.5 foot high by 23 foot wide LED panel above one of the main hall entryways at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington …
Projects: Cleveland Museum Of Art’s Terrific Interactive Wall March 27, 2013 by Super User The Cleveland Museum of Art’s $100 million renovation included a new set of interactive video walls that make really good use of touch, archives and dynamic screen layouts. The museum’s Gallery One has a 40-foot wide multi-touch screen made up of a pair of 15-units wide by 5-units tall Christie MicroTiles, fitted with the Christie …
Projects: World’s Largest LED Board Lights Up In Johannesburg March 19, 2013 by Super User Lumen – billed as the largest LED display on the planet, was switched on today on top of the four sides of the Absa Towers building in Johannesburg, South Africa. Four giant LED screens – one on each side on top of the 29th floor roof, result in a digital display footprint almost twice the …
Projects: SoloHeath Wellness Stations Now In 3,000 US Retailers March 11, 2013 by Super User SoloHealth now has more than 2,000 free digital health and wellness stations out in retail locations across the United States, which the company says doubled the footprint withinb three months. The company has announced it intends to be in more than 3,500 locations by end of year, which would make it one of the larger digital …
Projects: Christie’s MicroTiles Seem To Grow Off Lobby Walls March 7, 2013 by Super User Christie’s Canadian headquarters in the Kitchener-Waterloo area got an addition last year, and a second lobby entrance to the sprawling facility. Arsenal Media, SRM Architects and rp Visual Solutions came up with a very cool, almost organic design that embeds Christie’s MicroTiles into the walls and elevator column. The project won a Silver Apex award …
Projects: Impulse Buy Screens At Sydney Opera House March 6, 2013 by Super User So, I would like to sit and have a drink here. Just saying. The Australian integrator Mediaplay and its software partner YCD Multimedia have sent out details and images of a project involving the Opera Kitchen restaurant, which is part of Sydney’s iconic Sydney Opera House. The restaurant is an open air venue located on …
Projects: Esplanade Centre In Medicine Hat March 5, 2013 by Super User The Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre in Medicine Hat, Alberta (for people who like this sort of Canadiana, about 90 minutes west of Swift Current, five hours west of Moose Jaw and 63 hours west of Joe Batt’s Arm) has installed a digital signage network to promote current and upcoming events at the venue. The …
