Lenovo Latest PC Maker To Join Chromebox Party May 15, 2015 by Dave Haynes Lenovo is the latest mainstream PC maker to crank out a Chromebox – something called a ThinkCentre Chromebox Tiny. The unit has a one-litre form factor, which after looking that up I can tell you means it is, umm, small-ish. “Lenovo was the first to introduce a one litre commercial desktop and ThinkCentre Chromebox is a testament …
Tablets: iPads Are No Longer Top Of The Sales Table May 14, 2015 by Dave Haynes It would be easy to think everybody seems to have an iPad, because an awful lot of people do. But new research shows even more people have cheap Chinese tablets with brand names on them that are wholly unfamiliar. The research firm Strategy Analytics says sales of white label tablets now out-strip sales for tablets …
Interesting Use-Case: Projection Mapping For Crowd Control May 14, 2015 by Dave Haynes Here’s an interesting use-case for projection mapping – crowd control. Canada’s Wonderland – a big theme park on Toronto’s outskirts – does a nightly projection mapping show on the park’s fake mountain structure near the entry/exit gates. It closes the park’s evening, and pulls people from all over the park to see the mountain transformed. …
Video: Google On Chromebox And The Power Of Intelligent Screens May 14, 2015 by Dave Haynes The Google For Work team – the business unit driving the company’s efforts in the digital signage market – did an online video presentation/hangout thingie a couple of weeks ago that went into several subjects, including a lengthy session specifically about digital signage and kiosks. I was out of town and missed it, but took some …
Digital Billboard In London Falls, Crushes Passerby May 12, 2015 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
