Wendy’s Rolling Out Next Gen Store Design To Meet Evolving Customer Needs August 16, 2023 by Super User Here’s a look at how Wendy’s is tweaking its stores to align with shifting consumer demands, notably a jump in digital orders. The QSR giant has opened a pair of stores in Kansas and Oklahoma that were built to its Global Next Gen restaurant design standard and the plan is to have more than 200 similar …
Swiss Railways Using Adobe’s Screens CMS To Drive Passenger Information Displays At Stations August 16, 2023 by Super User The Swiss rail system is known everywhere for its punctuality and attention to details, so let’s assume railway operator SBB was anything but slap-dash in the sourcing and selection process for software to run its passenger communications screens. The railway company went with Adobe Screens, the digital signage sub-product of Adobe Experience Manager to drive …
LG Launches Health Care-Focused Line Of “Patient Engagement” Displays August 16, 2023 by Super User The US wing of LG Business Solutions sees an opportunity in health care that gets beyond lobbies and waiting areas – launching a new line of what it calls “Patient Engagement Boards.” The LCD displays are intended to communicate key information in patient care areas on screens – improving the experience both for caregivers and patients. …
University R&D Team Develops Process To Write LED Displays With A Ballpoint Pen August 15, 2023 by Super User A university research lab that had already come up with a way to inkjet print LEDs has now figured out how to write them onto surfaces like paper and fabrics using a ballpoint pen. The R&D comes out of the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, under a team led …
AI Platform Relo Metrics Uses Computer Vision To Track Sponsor Impressions Across Mediums August 15, 2023 by Super User This technology isn’t directly related to digital signage work, but it has some interesting implications on a larger scale – a computer vision solution that tracks sponsorship impressions in environments like stadiums and arenas. A company called Relo Metrics (previously know as GumGum Sports) – which has an AI-powered sponsorship analytics platform – has integrated …
Sony Releases Dates For 2023-24 Pro Display Tech Road Show In US, Canada August 14, 2023 by Super User Sony has announced a series of dates running from the end of this month all way into February 2024 for road show stops by the company’s US pro display solutions team. The first stop in is Chicago, on Aug. 30th. The other dates: Minneapolis, MN – Tues, Sept. 12 New York, NY – Tues/Wed, Oct. …
Specialty PC Maker Azulle Touts “Elite” NUC Alternative For Digital Signage, Kiosks August 11, 2023 by Super User Azulle, a specialty PC manufacturer out of the Miami area, has started marketing a small form-factor PC touted as an alternative to Intel’s Next Unit of Compute design. Intel recently announced it was discontinuing its direct manufacture and marketing of NUC PCs, but Taiwan’s Asus has an agreement to make and support the NUC product …
Rear Projection Set-Up Pretty Nicely Puts A Person In NYC On A Conference Panel In Atlanta August 9, 2023 by Super User Here’s an interesting variation of technology efforts to get a speaker or panelist at a business event, without asking the person to travel – a rear-projection set-up on a stage that reasonably nicely integrates with the stage and the other people on it. Emory University’s Goizueta Business School used a set-up from Toronto-based ARHT Media …
3D Display Firms Leia, Dimenco Merge To Create Cross-Platform Solution August 8, 2023 by Super User The Silicon Valley technology firm Leia, which is focused on 3D display hardware and content services, has acquired the Dutch specialty display manufacturer Dimenco, whose main product is also all about 3D. This strategic move, says PR on the deal, unites the capabilities of two leaders in the 3D market, set to accelerate mainstream adoption …
Wireless Screen Sharing, Digital Signage Solution Deployed At 500+ WeWork Locations August 8, 2023 by Super User Workplace has proven to be one of the most active and opportune vertical markets to chase for pure-play digital signage solutions and software firms, but they are confronted by the interesting challenge of seeing competing solutions from companies that mostly operate outside the digital signage industry. In most cases, they’re companies that have other technology …
