Curmudgeon Friday: The “world’s greatest” digital signage manufacturer October 28, 2011 by Super User
Sightings: Kohl’s interactive shopping kiosks at JFK T5 October 20, 2011 by Super User I was buzzing along to Gate 1 at JFK T5 last night but stopped long long enough to take a snappie of this interesting kiosk/pop-up store thing being doing by US retailer Kohl’s at some airports. The digital kiosks allow shoppers to order Kohl’s products online and have them shipped home with free delivery. The …
Kinda cool, sorta pointless retail interactive October 14, 2011 by Super User I am not in the camp that believes in doing stuff just because it’s sorta kinda cool. I think they should actually make something better – even if it is just an overall experience. That’s why I can’t muster a lot of enthusiasm for an interactive merchandising thing (as spotted in Engadget, and where this …
Free grocery data in aisle two October 13, 2011 by Super User If whatever your company does involves screens or interactive something or others inside groceries, this should get your attention. A company called AisleFinder has developed and made available what it describes as the “First Robust Open Source API For The Grocery Industry.” When we built AisleFinder we realized a couple of things: 1. Supermarket and …
rAVe: Future of Display is Shaped: Mitsubishi’s Semispherical OLED Display October 11, 2011 by rave Ask yourself about “shape of the future” in displays and the natural conclusion is that once displays go flatter and flatter, the next direction is shape-changing. This June, Mitsubishi Electric created a semispherical OLED display called Geo-Cosmos for Japan’s National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. Now the concept has developed further with a prototype …
New VW tears things up in digital, static and augmented reality OOH effort October 7, 2011 by Super User ClearChannel and a creative team working for Volkswagen Canada did a nice job on a combination digital and conventional out of home campaign that also layers in mobile, augmented reality, online and social media. The campaign involves static and digital boards now running at Toronto’s Dundas Square (that city’s Times Square) promoting the 2012 VW …
Back at my post September 26, 2011 by Super User I’ve read it is not the brightest idea to broadcast the fact that you will be out of town for several days, as thieves might be intrigued by that information. So I just kinda dropped off for a week and went on a holiday. It had been more than a year since I last had …
Little Book of DOOH 2 is out July 8, 2011 by Super UserMy friends (and clients) at Al Barq Digital produced a clever little series called the Little Book of DOOH, micro-books that are intended to educate the nascent Middle East and North Africa marketplace on the basics about Digital Out Of Home. The second one just arrived this morning in my mailbox, focused on planning. I …
Japanese company runs big multi-touch display running Android OS July 7, 2011 by Super UserThe Japanese company SKR Technology has developed a demo multi-touch system that runs the Android on a 32? display – another sign that the user experience people now have on smartphones is making the jump to much larger screens for digital signage applications. Reports Akihabara News: Running off a regular Android terminal which is connected …
How long 'til the virtual assistant gets drifted by a real shopper? July 7, 2011 by Super UserSo how long before someone wanders in off the streets of New York and sucker-punches Duane Reade’s “virtual assistant” inside its new flagship store? Three days, maybe? Reports Chain Store Age: The technology, the Tensator Virtual Assistant, is provided by Lawrence, a Tensator Group Co. Completely customized for Duane Reade, it takes the form of …
