Digital Billboard In London Falls, Crushes Passerby May 12, 2015 by Super User A woman walking down a street in suburban London sidewalk was seriously injured earlier today when a four ton, 20-ft wide LED billboard run by ClearChannel pulled free from a building wall. The woman was hit by the huge metal billboard hoarding after it broke free, and fell about 20 feet, reports the Daily Mail. The …
New App Gives Sound To Silent Screens May 12, 2015 by Super User A start-up called AudioStreamTV is taking another crack at getting the sound turned up at countless sports bars and hotel and airport lounges by using speakers and ear buds of smartphones. The company has developed an app called Tunity which grabs network audio feeds and makes them available through the cloud – so users can …
Wayfinding: Big Directory Or Little Screen? May 12, 2015 by Super User I sometimes wonder about the long-term prospects for companies that do touchscreen wayfinding directories but limit the solution to those big screens. To me, and probably an awful lot of people, the real wayfinding tool is in the consumer’s hand – their smartphone. The digital signs can be launchpads to get people using apps, but …
Why Use A Touchscreen When A Banana Will Do? May 12, 2015 by Super User How about a little gadget that turns almost anything into a trigger to launch content on a screen? Like a doughnut? A piece of fruit? A hockey puck? That’s the fun premise and potential for something called Makey Makey GO, a USB stick you plug into a PC and connect to objects just using simple alligator …
And Now There’s A $9 PC That Makes A Raspberry Pi Seem Pricey May 11, 2015 by Super User An Oakland, California start-up called Next Thing is touting a new single board computer that makes the $35 Raspberry Pi seem expensive. The Chip will, by comparison, cost $9. Yup. The company is raising money on Kickstarter for a unit that will run a version of Debian Linux, use a 1Ghz R8 ARM processor, 512MB of RAM, and 4GB …
Seneca Puts Solid State NUC On Market May 11, 2015 by Super User The little Intel NUC seems to have generated a lot of traction as s signage player, as I often hear from vendors how they are using the little boxes. The original ones were little plastic clamshells that made a lot of tech people nervous, but the product line has predictably evolved and the enclosures are now …
Samsung, Google, Hypersign Team On Education Bundle May 7, 2015 by Super User This seems slightly odd. Samsung has put a huge amount of effort and resources into marketing the features and benefits of its Smart Signage platform, but has joined a collaborative program that is built around an external device that negates the need for the smarts in the sign. It’s a collaboration with Google and the CMS company …
Projects: Fans Get Their Hockey Beards On For NY Rangers Games May 4, 2015 by Super User MVP Interactive is doing a fan activation thing with pro hockey’s New York Rangers – using interactive screens that allow even little kids to get their playoff beard on. Fans can instantly grow their own beard based off a current player’s unique and personal styled beard and long hockey hair. Using QR codes, pre-registered fans …
Sightings: Digital Vending Machine At SFO May 4, 2015 by Super User Spotted a pair of digital vending machines at a Delta concourse at SFO. I know the concept or tech is not new, but it was the first time I’ve seen a vending unit in North America that wasn’t specific to a brand, ie Coke. Again, I’m sure they’ve been around for a while, but a first …
Samsung Canada Opens Executive Briefing Centre April 30, 2015 by Super User The best of intentions, but not the best follow-through meant I registered to go see Samsung Canada’s new executive briefing centre in suburban Toronto yesterday, but never actually got away from world HQ. Stupid-busy. But Computer Dealer News has a post up that includes numerous pix of the new digs in Mississauga. Samsung has a big …
