TransitScreen Adds Bolt-On Nearby Service To Connect People To Closest Lattes August 22, 2017 by Super User Washington, DC-based TransitScreen has built up a business tapping into and visualizing real-time mass transport and ride share data to pass along organized, easily digested information to people in buildings and public spaces. They’ve now added a new bolt-on feature that makes sense – information and directions to nearby services. Here’s the pitch: Your building …
Digital Signage Manufacturer BrightSign Hits 1 Million Units Shipped August 22, 2017 by Super User This industry has come a long, long way in the years I’ve been involved, but I think we’re still in a place where many companies get motivated by deals that will involve screen and player counts that number in the 100s, never mind the 1,000s. So it’s remarkable, in many respects, to hear about a …
Here’s A Look At Subway’s New Self-Service Order Kiosks August 22, 2017 by Super User Via Linkedin Here’s a look at the new self service ordering kiosks piloted by the massive Subway QSR chain. Boston-based agency Agilitee put the program together – which enables diners to walk in and order a custom sub, as well as pay for it, as opposed to the normal routine of starting the order with a staffer …
Target’s Flagship Store Remodel Includes 71-Foot Fine Pitch LED Wall August 21, 2017 by Super User Stumbled across news of Target remodelling the two-level store at the base of its head office in downtown Minneapolis, which includes a curved 71-foot wide LED screen in the upper skyway level of the entry rotunda. No real details on the tech used, what it is for and any other good stuff. It LOOKS like …
Research: 800,000+ Digital Signage Displays Shipped Q1 2017 August 21, 2017 by Super User LOTS of interesting stuff in the new IHS Markit Digital Signage & Professional Displays Market Analysis, this one for Q2 2017. Here’s the top-line stuff in the executive summary: For the first quarter of 2017 (Q1 2017), public display monitor shipments increased 2.6%, with shipments reaching over 804,000 units. Public display TV shipments recovered from the …
Giant Wraparound 8mm LED Board Set To Officially Light Up At 20 Times Square August 21, 2017 by Super User This beast gets officially lit up Wednesday at 7 PM in Times Square in New York – a wraparound screen corner display that will be the largest in the world using exterior-grade 8mm pitch LED display blocks. The display at 20 Times Square has more than 17,000 square feet of LED. It’s been put in …
Projects: New Ford Dealer Opens With Digital Brand Halo August 18, 2017 by Super User This is a big “brand halo” LED sign suspended over the main showroom reception desk at the new LaFontaine Ford in Birch Run, Michigan – north of Flint. It’s a fine-pitch Panasonic LED that with its metal backing and struts weighs about 1,000 pounds. It is suspended using aircraft cable. The set-up was put in …
Raspberry Pi-Based Info-Beamer Sets Up Video Walls In Seconds With QR Code-Like GPS Tags August 18, 2017 by Super User I’m nowhere near smart enough to properly explain this, but suffice to say a start-up that works with Raspberry Pis for a digital signage solution has come up with a way for users to rapidly set up video walls using a smartphone app and little visual tags that provide GPS coordinates. The AprilTag detection software computes …
Interactive Digital Stations Start Rolling Out On Philly’s Rail System August 18, 2017 by Super User Google-backed Intersection has started rolling out what will be some 300 interactive digital stations at hubs along the Philadelphia-area rail system run by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, aka SEPTA. The digital totems offer real-time transit information and maps, as well as free WiFi. The first ones have gone in at the remarkably generic-sounding Suburban …
Will US And Canadian Auto Dealers Follow European Lead And Go Small And Digital? August 17, 2017 by Super User Time will tell, but you’ve got to think in North America’s larger cities – where in many cases commercial property costs are steep – that some auto dealers will start following the lead of European automakers who are shifting from large footprint dealerships to small retail settings that lean heavily on digital. I wrote recently …
