LA’s Mad Systems Working On Ventilator Designs To Help Ease US Shortages April 3, 2020 by Dave Haynes LA-based Mad Systems, an AV system designer and integrator with a serious mad scientists streak, is working on prototypes for breathing systems for people whacked hard by the coronavirus. It is one of many stories of digital signage/DOOH ecosystem companies pitching in. Reports InPark magazine: Engineer Maris Ensing, VP of California-based Mad Systems Inc., usually puts …
Rise Vision Develops Free Chrome Browser Extension For Coronavirus Safety Tips April 2, 2020 by Dave Haynes As well know, digital signage isn’t all that relevant right now when many to most of the “places” were screens are fixed are empty, and most everyone is at home. That will change, with time. But for now, companies like Rise Vision are thinking about ways that signage-like communications can still happen for people whose …
When Your Bedroom Becomes Your Office, And You’re In A Meeting April 2, 2020 by Dave Haynes With many millions of people working from home, most rather abruptly, they are confronting challenges like finding room to work, and somehow chasing off the kids who are also at home, and will barge in at the worst moments. There are endless meeting room display solutions out there, but the great majority of them are …
Hypersign Launches New All-In Digital Signage As A Service, Or DSaas April 2, 2020 by Dave Haynes Spartanburg, SC’s Hypersign has read its market and put together a business bundle it calls DSaas, which is short for Digital Signage as a service. The bundled program, which seems to be coming up more and more in digital signage (see Planar from Wednesday for another variation on this), allows end-users to put everything they …
Smart Digital, BrightSign Team To Drive Wayfinding At NYC COVID-19 Field Hospitals April 1, 2020 by Dave Haynes Here’s another story about companies pitching in … BrightSign CEO has written a blog post (somewhere, it was passed along) about adding AV to the temporary hospital facilities established in hard hit NYC. He writes: Despite how bleak the outlook may appear today, I’m inspired by how the AV industry is responding to this crisis. …
Almo Using Its Distribution Network To Help Bloom Refurb Old Ventilators For Hospitals April 1, 2020 by Dave Haynes I asked yesterday for positive stories to relate about companies in our industry pitching in to help deal with this pandemic in a variety of ways. Here’s a good one involving the big AV distribution company Almo. Almo has started working with Bloom Energy Corp. to refurbish unused, out-of-warranty ventilators and ship them to state …
STRATACACHE Buys Old Computer Chip Plant In Oregon; Plans Next-Gen Display Facility April 1, 2020 by Dave Haynes STRATACACHE has bought an old computer chip facility south of Portland, OR with plans to revive it as a fab for its increasingly verticalized digital signage solutions business. CEO Chris Riegel bought the old Hynix plant last week for $6.3 million. Hynix spent $1.5 billion to build and equip the 1.2-million-square-foot factory, which opened in …
Pitching In: Live Event Pros Pivot To Battle Pandemic April 1, 2020 by Dave Haynes GUEST POST: David Johnston, AVIXA The COVID-19 pandemic has affected hundreds of markets, thousands of businesses, and millions of individuals, but perhaps no single entity has been impacted as much as live events. Corporate events, concert tours, sporting events, Broadway theaters, theme parks — all of that, and basically everything else, have been completely shut …
Planar Debuts All-In, Lease-based Bundle Program For Its Display Solutions April 1, 2020 by Dave Haynes Portland, OR-based digital display company Planar has started marketing a bundled program that puts pretty much everything associated with a visual systems project into one fixed monthly cost. The Planar EverNew Managed Service Program lets customers finance the total cost of their projects—including display hardware, software, extended warranties, installation and the Premier Service Level Agreement—under …
Industry Associations Form Umbrella Group, Called ACE, To Raise Game For Connected Experiences April 1, 2020 by Dave Haynes A diverse set of organizations has banded together to create a cross-industry group that collectively wants to advise, educate and lead thinking and activities for connected digital experiences. The new Advocates for Connected Experiences, or ACE, has a steering committee that includes members of the Digital Signage Federation, Geopath, OAAA, LBMA, SEGD, ICX Association and …
