Does An Even Smaller Raspberry Pi Offer New Digital Signage Uses? April 9, 2014 by Dave Haynes The teeny $45 Raspberry Pi micro-computers just got smaller, with a new mini module that shrinks down the size of the device and opens up some new possibilities for digital signage applications. The Pi devices were already quite small, but the new module is small enough to fit inside a small display enclosure, opening up …
Visionect Introduces E-Paper Digital Signage Solution March 31, 2014 by Dave Haynes Luka Birsa, the Chief Technology Officer for the Slovenian firm Visionect, sent me a note telling me about how his company has shifted its work with e-paper to the digital signage market. “I read your article on meeting room systems and it inspired us to develop a demo system for room booking, which can be mounted on …
Samsung’s 2nd Gen Smart Sign Out In May March 31, 2014 by Dave Haynes I am in a very chilly and white Calgary, Alberta, and heading to what may well be an even chillier and just as snowy Edmonton, on a quick Western Canada swing. The Calgary part of the trip was a presentation by me to a room full of regional Samsung integrators and partners, talking about where …
Are There Really 300 Digital Signage Software Options? March 28, 2014 by Dave Haynes For the last few months I have, in free moments, been trying to build a list that identifies and categorizes the digital signage eco-system. It’s a big job and I even subbed out some of the work to someone in Croatia to spend a many hours searching, decoding and validating companies. So far, I have …
The Smart Digital Sign Developers Daydream About March 27, 2014 by Dave Haynes Bryan Mongeau runs the tech and developer teams at Broadsign and keeps an eye on the smart TV and all-in-one display markets in Asia, ever on the lookout for big-ass panels that would fully meet his aspirations for a truly smart digital sign. He spotted and sent along a Liputing post, via Engadget, about a …
You’ve Got 60 Seconds To Find The Mind You Just Lost March 26, 2014 by Dave Haynes Here’s the scariest digital signage application I’ve seen in ages. From Digital Signage Today: The University of Southern California has become the first U.S. university campus to offer a burrito vending kiosk, reports The Daily Trojan. After installing its burrito vending kiosks at two gas stations in Los Angeles earlier this year, Burritobox selected USC for the site …
NanoLumens Touts Three Years of Making It In America March 26, 2014 by Dave Haynes It is really hard for a North American company to compete with Chinese electronics manufacturers because buyers inevitably think price, but one of the foils to that is the whole “made right here” pitch. It’s a healthy element of the value proposition from NanoLumens, which has a great product but also has lots of Chinese …
Projects: Digital OOH Prankvertising At A UK Bus Top March 24, 2014 by Dave Haynes There’s been a run of brand-sponsored “prankvertising” videos that seem to revel in scaring the living crap out of people. They get a lot attention, but you have to wonder whether the buzz is worth all the negatives generated by stuff that borders on mean spirited and nasty. The ones I have seen are done …
Screenly Q&A: Optimization Crucial For Raspberry Pi Digital Signage March 24, 2014 by Dave Haynes I caught up by email this weekend with Viktor Petersson, the guy behind Screenly,which is arguably the most commercial digital signage management platform on the market that’s been built specifically around Raspberry Pi micro PCs. Certainly, there are other options, but in some instances Pi devices are supposed along with others, or the efforts are open-sourced, …
Projects: UK Hospital Network Adopts Smart Panels March 23, 2014 by Dave Haynes The Healthcare Messaging Group runs a communications service that publicizes essential healthcare, patient and hospital information on displays installed at primary locations within National Health Service hospitals in the UK, and the network has started cutting over to a solution that uses Samsung’s system on chip panels and Signagelive software. The Patient Information Initiative is …
