Nanolumens Puts One Patent Infringement Lawsuit On Hold July 17, 2017 by Dave Haynes NanoLumens has filed a dismissal, without prejudice, on one of the patent infringement lawsuits it launched about a month ago against four U.S. competitors. The suit against Gable Signs & Graphics, Inc. has been put on hold, says a press release, “so that the parties can engage in discussions.
Projects: Overhead LEDs Come Alive At Bomb Factory July 17, 2017 by Dave Haynes Here’s a couple of shots of a nice temporary application of LEDs suspended over the crowd at a corporate event staged at a Dallas venue called The Bomb Factory. Live event design and production provider Goalen Group used PixelFLEX 3.9mm LEDs for a supplier awards ceremony held by a big aerospace manufacturer. “We specialize in …
AOpen, Sharp Announce New Snap-In Windows Media Players For Digital Signage July 17, 2017 by Dave Haynes The options for all-in-one displays continues to broaden, with Sharp announcing a partnership with AOPEN that allows a small Windows 10-based media player to be slot-loaded in a 4K screen. The new arrangement uses the mini version of the Open Pluggable Specification (OPS) launched a few years back by Intel. Several companies have or have …
Fine Pitch LED Now Good Enough To Use As Movie Theatre Screens July 17, 2017 by Dave Haynes Anyone who has been to a signage trade show in the last two or three years has likely looked at fine pixel pitch LED screens and concluded they were starting to look pretty damn good, but I doubt few though they were the sorts of things that could replace big movie theater screens and projectors. …
Back At HQ Desk After East Coast Swing July 17, 2017 by Dave Haynes Back at HQ after a couple of weeks away, out on Canada’s east coast. I am thinking about relocating the business, and life, there for a bunch of reasons, and spending some time out there was helpful. Toronto was one big traffic jam when we approached it on the way home Friday afternoon, and that …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Robin Carlisle, Framestore Labs July 12, 2017 by Dave Haynes Robin Carlisle is Global Head of Creative for Framestore Labs, a UK-based creative technology shop that specializes in making beautiful and cinematic real-time visuals. Framestore Labs is part of a larger company, Framestore, that has been doing amazing visuals for years. For example, that’s Framestore’s work in movies like Gravity, which somehow imagineers what happens …
Today And Tomorrow: Digital Signage Trends July 5, 2017 by Stu Armstrong Guest Post: Sean Matthews, Visix There’s really no escaping it – digital signage is here, and here to stay. It’s becoming so commonplace that people are starting to expect it when they enter a facility. Soon enough, places that don’t have digital signage will seem quaint and old-fashioned, or sadly out of touch with the …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Steve Rickless, Tripleplay July 5, 2017 by Dave Haynes Steve Rickless, one of the founders of the UK firm Tripleplay, believes likes a lot of people that technology is converging, and thinks his company is in a good spot because it has already converged its technology. The company started in IP television for the corporate market, but by 2008 was doing a blended hardware …
Provision’s Floating 3D Holographic Coupon Station Going Into Ohio Drug Store Chain June 30, 2017 by Dave Haynes LA-based Provision Interactive Technologies continues to find clients that get excited about its technology that shows consumer floating products in mid-air, as a carrot to get shoppers to use a coupon center. The company has announced a deal to put its proprietary 3D Savings Center kiosks inside Discount Drug Mart stores around Ohio. The chain currently has …
Milestone AV Acquired By France’s Legrand June 28, 2017 by Dave Haynes The French building infrastructure firm Legrand has acquired Milestone AV Technologies, the Minneapolis-based parent company of several big pro AV brands like Chief, Sanus and DA-Lite. “Legrand is committed to serving the professionally installed AV industry which is an attractive growth area driven by the advancement and expansion of video applications,” says John Selldorff, President …
