New Bangkok Skycraper’s Main Elevator Has OLED-Lined Walls And Ceiling December 3, 2018 by Dave Haynes As someone who got started in digital signage 20 years ago by putting screens in skyscraper elevators – single 12-inch screens that cost $2,500 each – it’s a little freaky to read about an elevator that has its walls and ceilings all lined with 55-inch OLEDs. This is a 360 video – you have to …
LED Feature Walls Give Renovated Space Center Shop Lift-Off December 3, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is what’s called the World’s Largest Space Shop, a renovated 15,372 sq. ft. retail space at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Florida’s east coast. The shop re-opened in June this year, upgraded among many things by big indoor and outdoor LED feature walls and interactive screens, all via RMG Networks. The solution uses …
20+ LED Screen Firms Fined By FCC For Compliance Problems; Two For More Than $100K November 30, 2018 by Dave Haynes Some US LED sign manufacturers started making noises a couple of years ago about competing manufacturers – especially those from China – were selling product that did not comply with US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations. The primary argument was that the FCC has rules in place that ensure light-emitting display devices do not interfere …
The Disgusting Side Of Customer Engagement Technology: Bacteria-Riddled Touchscreens November 29, 2018 by Dave Haynes When interactive touchscreens first came on the market, and everyone started blabbering away about engagement technology and customer engagement, there were more than a few germaphobes who pointed out that, ummm, public touchscreens ran the risk of having disgusting surfaces. Think of anything that gets touched and touched and touched all day long, by people …
Sydney’s New Train Ops Center Boasts Largest Control Room LED Wall On Planet November 28, 2018 by Dave Haynes A lot of the larger LED companies – particularly ones from China – have been going after the control room market with its finest pitch LED product, the thinking being large public and private companies might have deeper pockets than retail and other vertical industries. But it looks like a U.S.-based manufacturer has bagged the …
Ryan Croft of TransitScreen On Making Content That Moves People November 28, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is inadvertently turning into transit digital signage month on this podcast, having spoken lately with CHK America about epaper transit signs and just last week with Roadify, which aggregates data from transit systems. This week I’m talking to Ryan Croft, one of the co-founders of TransitScreen, which has made a mark in North America …
That Insane ETISALAT Booth At GITEX Also Had Shape-Shifting LED Walls November 27, 2018 by Dave Haynes One of the buzziest impressions from the recent GITEX trade show in Dubai – a very large, by the looks of it moderately crazy variation on CES – was the way, way, way over-the-top ETISALAT booth – with the telecoms company having LED everywhere, and a flying car (only kinda sorta – it appeared to …
New Spanish Shopping Mall Greets, Entertains With Giant, Curved LED Facade November 26, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is a new shopping mall – Torrecardenas – in Almeria,Spain, on the south coast, about 200 km east of Malaga (if that means anything to you). The mall developers went very big on direct view LED on a curved wall by the main entry point. What I like, based on the videos below, is …
Digital Signage Awards Entries Up 50%: Awards Night Tables Booking Up November 24, 2018 by Dave Haynes Entries for the 2019 Digital Signage Awards, which Sixteen:Nine is among the main sponsors, are up 50 percent year to year, and the list of entrants is impressive. The entries closed, on schedule, at the end of October, and there are some big names among the companies looking for recognition: Alphadisplay Art of Context Beaver …
This Movember-Focused Digital Poster Recognizes, Responds To Facial Hair November 23, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is a great example of how video analytics technology can be applied to a digital OOH ad campaign – adding some surprise and whimsy for people, particularly men, who walk by a digital poster. The Movember Foundation, the men’s health charity, is running a campaign in the UK and Australia that uses Quividi’s pattern …
