Inlighten Adds Whitebox Full Of Signage Gear December 18, 2014 by Dave Haynes I’ve been aware of Inlighten for years – given they’re just down the road and over the Niagara in Buffalo – but have never bumped into them in person or been at their digs near the airport. The company has tended to operate pretty quietly, but that’s changed in recent months – first with a …
Projects: Wayfinding At Montreal’s World Trade Centre December 17, 2014 by Dave Haynes Long-time Montreal solutions provider iGotcha Media has installed a series of four 47-inch wayfinding kiosks in the World Trade Centre Montréal, for building operator Ivanhoé Cambridge. The centre is a combination of offices, lower level boutiques and cafes, and a hotel in downtown Montreal, across from the convention centre. iGotcha Media’s wayfinding kiosks include: floor plan maps, …
Projects: Ford Gets Touchy For Its Truth About Trucks December 17, 2014 by Dave Haynes This is a very nice deal … for someone. As many as 1,900 Ford dealers in the U.S. may deploy a new Truth About Trucks interactive touch product-information kiosk in their showrooms – a set-up designed to help move more Ford F-150 trucks. Much poking around has got me no closer to determining what vendors are …
Is Your Android Digital Signage Player Rooted? December 16, 2014 by Alan Brawn Guest Post: Mark Hemphill, ScreenScape If you operate a digital signage network, chances are you’ve been hearing about new Internet-connected devices. They are transforming the way digital signage networks are built and managed. New Android-powered solutions are being lauded by software vendors and pundits as simpler and cheaper alternatives to the PC as a digital …
Projects: Interactive Selfie Booth Welcomes, Informs College Freshmen December 12, 2014 by Dave Haynes This is a smart use of an interactive digital sign, combining the base functionality of an information station with a magnetic, playful piece that draws people to the device. Robert Morris University – a 5,000 student college in Pennsylvania – wanted a better way to communicate with and direct new students during orientation week …
The Department Of Debunk December 11, 2014 by Dave Haynes NY-based software provider ComQi as issued a nice white paper designed to serve as a matter of fact guide for choose the right media player for a digital signage job. There’s a little slice of promo in there, inevitably, but it’s a solid guide that’s broken into chunks and has a particularly insightful section called Department …
Paper Madness In The Land Of Flat Panels December 10, 2014 by Dave Haynes One of my lingering impression of spending time last week in Seoul was how technologically advanced it was in so any ways, and how backward mobile retailing was in the land of Samsung and LG. This is a VERY typical Korean mobile carrier store. I don’t know enough about how things work over there, but …
Userful Launches Product that Delivers And Runs Ultra HD Video Walls Over Local Networks December 9, 2014 by Dave Haynes Last week a Calgary, Alberta company called Userful, unfamiliar to me, put out a press release about launching a world’s first 4K video wall product. Well, I thought, I’m, not sure how doing 4K is all that new in terms of resolution or running it off a network. There are some pretty good companies out …
Planar Now Shipping Monster 98-inch Multi-Touch 4K Panel December 9, 2014 by Dave Haynes This is a seriously big, crisp touchscreen … Beaverton, Oregon-based Planar has started shipping its UltraRes 98” Touch – which makes multi-touch available on a native 4K Ultra HD screen. It has 32 simultaneous touch points, and is designed for a collaborative applications like meeting rooms, training facilities and command and control centers. It would also do well for interactive …
Projects: Light Up House For Holidays With LCD Panels And Raspberry Pis December 9, 2014 by Dave Haynes This exists. The CEO of a company built on moving a lot new and surplus LCD panels is tinkering around with hanging a row of Sharp 6.5-inch LCDs off the rain gutters of his Southern California house, the content driven by Raspberry Pis at each panel, and another Pi functioning as the server. Randy Schafer, …
