This Fine-Pitch COB LED So Light And Skinny It Hangs From Aircraft Cables October 30, 2024 by Dave Haynes I have seen some super-interesting stuff this week in Taiwan, and I will write those up for the report that will be out in early Q1, but here’s something I can relate now – a look at tech I have noted in the past but never seen in person. A company called PanelSemi, based at …
Lots Of Sophisticated Display Tech In Taiwan, But Also Some Goofy Content Calls October 30, 2024 by Dave Haynes Electronics and displays are a huge part of Taiwan’s economy, so as you might expect, screens are everywhere – maybe not as much as you might expect outdoors but seemingly in most shops and restaurants in busy retail and public spaces. There are vast underground concourses and malls/food halls in the city center, and one …
Charlotte’s NASCAR Track Upgrades To 200 Foot Wide LED Board October 30, 2024 by Dave Haynes Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina has lit up one of the larger LED displays on the planet – a 200 foot wide by 77 high beast visible to pretty much everyone who comes to watch NASCAR racing. The display was built and installed by Dallas-based GoVision, using DigiLED’s product. It is described as being …
Super Typhoon Leon Making A Halloween Visit To Taiwan October 30, 2024 by Dave Haynes Today was supposed to be another big day in Taiwan visiting display manufacturers and talking about future technologies for a big report I am working on, but meetings are not likely to happen with a big, wet and windy guy named Leon passing through. Super Typhoon Leon is bearing down on the island country, and …
Why So Few Posts – I’m Seriously On The Road October 28, 2024 by Dave Haynes If you are wondering why the volume of posts have slowed to a trickle the last week or so, it’s because I am on an epic planes, trains and traffic research trip, and am typing this from my hotel room in Taipei at 6 in the morning. I’m not a good travel sleeper – planes …
This Window Glass Dynamically Shapeshifts, Grows Virtual Plants To Create Shade October 26, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Dutch start-up VideowindoW had a big moment this week at a trade show called Glass Technology Live, showing its very interesting dimmable glass that can use animated creative to block the glare and heat flooding a space like an airport departure seating area. Working with a consortium that included Arnold Glas and LamiPress, VideowindoW showed a …
64 LCDs Stacked, Tiled To Create Massive 52K By 8K Trade Show Video Wall October 26, 2024 by Dave Haynes Here is an interesting technical reminder that LCD video walls are still out there … a demo of a massive video wall canvas by the French firm Analog Way and its partners, for a trade show in Hamburg this week. The system is thought to be the world’s largest syncrhonized pixel canvas, using a 61,440 …
M&A: Eletromidia Brings Software Supplier 4YouSee In-House; Touchsource Bolsters Wayfinding Through Oppna Digital Deal October 26, 2024 by Dave Haynes A couple of acquisition stories this week – the larger of them coming out of Brazil, where the biggest DOOH media owner has acquired the largest CMS software platform provider in the LATAM region. Eletromidia reaches 22 million people daily through some 40,000 DOOH screens in malls, premium shopping malls, roadside screens in transit shelters, …
Preview: Pix From Launch Event For Future Stores In London October 22, 2024 by Dave Haynes That very ambitious, digitally-driven pop-up store on Oxford Street in London had a preview party the other night, ahead of its formal opening next week. Future Stores is a space that brands can lease for short-terms – if for example a consumer device company with, I dunno, AR eyeglasses, wanted to make a big splash …
Specialty Display Firm Praevar, Best Known For High-Bright LCDs, Goes Green With E Ink Posters October 22, 2024 by Dave Haynes A Toronto company known very much for its high-brightness outdoor LCD displays has taken a distinct pivot into e-paper poster displays that consume a fraction of the power. The specialty display manufacturer Praevar has started marketing a 32-inch ePoster based around the E Ink Spectra 6 display, aiming the product at indoor advertising and retail …
