Utterly amazing LED wall at Philly's new Comcast Center June 21, 2008 by Dave Haynes When I swung by the company booth at infoComm, Barco’s John Youngson was just about imploring me to go have a look at some content running on one of its booth LCDs. It was for a new landmark office tower in Philadelphia, called the Comcast Center, that has taken the bar for digital signage content …
Is that a (insert abusive remark here), or are you … June 16, 2008 by Dave Haynes Las Vegas Hilton washroom nears the casino floor. Imagine the creative abuse if these were LCDs.
Turning shoppers into a buncha fruits June 10, 2008 by Dave Haynes The UK-based Daily DOOH blog has a Canuck contributor who picks up on stuff happening over here, including things I flat miss – like a clever digital poster for SunRype juices. An interactive ‘fruit mirror’ features a camera and specially designed graphics program that instantly animates people or objects onto a 62’’ LCD screen as …
Sightings June 6, 2008 by Dave Haynes Toronto commuter rail TV screens. The format has been changed, for the better. But still operating on the faint hope that people will bring radios with them on the train and tune in to 88.1 to hear what everyone else on the train sees as reporters mouthing words and interview subjects mouthing words back. Shoveling …
How to do cinemas well … May 29, 2008 by Dave Haynes The guys at Minicom — whose blog is always much more than a soap box for the company’s gear — have a great set of photos showing a new install at a movie house in the UK. The install shows targeted screens over the concessions areas, ticketing and along the hallways in poster format. It …
Loto-Quebec screens May 29, 2008 by Dave Haynes I am at the main office in wonderful Montreal for a couple of days, mainly for the last of three Ingram Micro show and tell sessions. Spotted in a couple of stores, Loto-Quebec’s approach to digital screens. They did a trial with a local company, but ultimately opted to build out their own solution, cooked …
How to get noticed in a shopping mall – Go BIG May 27, 2008 by Dave Haynes Like many in this industry, I have at various times been involved in plans to put screens into big shopping malls. I have seen looney-tune plans to install screens no bigger than 27″ and other ones that cascaded screens along corridors. A lot of people have thoughts around doing them at or near the wayfinding …
Three-Minute Ad Age look at interactive LED boards May 27, 2008 by Dave Haynes Advertising Age online does a regular video feature called 3-Minute Ad Age that does a quick blast through a selected topic. There’s a piece up today about some cool interactive applications involving cell phones and the big, honkin’ aggregate of LED boards that Thomson Reuters has at NYC’s Times Square. Among the campaigns are those …
A different spin on hospital screens May 14, 2008 by Dave HaynesThere are any number of companies putting screens in hospital clinic waiting areas, as revenue generating plays, and other institutions putting screens in as digital donor walls and wayfinding. But an LA area hospital is the first I’ve bumped into that is using DS software to help streamline hospital operations. At St. Joseph Hospital in …
Digital signage photo gallery April 23, 2008 by Dave HaynesFormer Impart managing director Bob Grawet has started an arms-length website/blog, using Google’s Picasa photo gallery app, to showcase digital signage installations all over the world. There’s a bunch of pictures in there but he is looking for many more, and is promising not to hump any particularly company. It’s a nice idea to have …
