Palmer Digital Group Partners With IoTecha On Smart EV Charging Kiosks May 20, 2022 by Dave Haynes NJ-based custom display manufacturer Palmer Digital Group was already doing EV charging kiosks but now has a formal partnership with a start-up – IoTecha – that’s focused on providing the key hardware and software components for smart charging infrastructure. The EV vehicle market is growing rapidly, reasons PDG in PR, “and the current infrastructure is …
Generative Video Wall Art Reveals Paintings Brushstroke By Brushstroke May 20, 2022 by Dave Haynes Industry veteran Jim Nista sold his content and coding company Insteo to Almo a few years ago, and after spending some time working within the distribution company, he went back out on his own and is focused again on developing creative for digital signage projects. This is a really nice take on generative art for …
Almost 3,300 LED Cabinets Create Huge Virtual Film Production Set In Vancouver May 20, 2022 by Dave Haynes When fine pitch LED video walls came along it seemed like the primary use cases were going to be things like advertising, designed spaces, sports books in casinos, entertainment venues and control rooms. But some of the biggest jobs these days for fine pitch LED are as virtual production sets for TV and film. Consider …
New Version Of Hardened LED Displays Touted As Improving Visuals By Only Coating The LED Lights May 20, 2022 by Dave Haynes It has been a few years now since the first LED modules with hardened coatings came on the market – with the category taking on the general term Glue On Board (or GOB). Numerous manufacturers now have versions of roughly the same thing – modules coated and encapsulated in an epoxy coating that protects the …
80%+ Of Bars And Restaurants Say Digital Signage Boosts Sales: Vendor Research May 19, 2022 by Dave Haynes The CMS software firm Yodeck has released results of research work that suggests the use of digital signage inside and/or outside by restaurants, cafés, and bars dramatically boosts sales. It’s clear, notes Yodeck in a published summary, “that sharing practical information in an eating or drinking environment impacts sales and customer satisfaction, which can, in …
Time Running Out To Get Listed And Ranked In Digital Signage Industry Yearbook May 19, 2022 by Dave Haynes Invidis, Sixteen:Nine’s content partner in Europe, has for many years produced an excellent annual yearbook magazine in print and digital formats that looks at digital signage industry trends, profiles some of its leaders, and ranks companies based on their business activity and footprint. The yearbook has always focused on the European market, since Munich-based Invidis …
Builders Using Projection Mapping To Show & Market Floor Plans For Residential & Commercial May 18, 2022 by Dave Haynes Digital signage and interactive screen technology have been used for years to help market both commercial and residential real estate properties at facilities like presentation centers. Being able to view photo slideshows and videos is helpful, as are things like 3D/360 degree movies, in getting a sense of the look, feel and scale of a …
What Digital Signage Nerds Should See For First Time Back To Vegas In Ages May 18, 2022 by Dave Haynes It will have been three years, I think, since I was last in Las Vegas – a city I’m usually in two or three times in a calendar year. Much has changed and much has been added since COVID lockdowns cancelled events or made business travel even less enticing. But I will be there for …
Minnesota Health Clinic Operator Makes Good Use Of Screens Across Expanding Footprint May 18, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is the set-up used by a Minnesota-based primary healthcare provider – The Good Clinic – to relay patient-facing communications at its locations. It’s basic stuff, but there are a couple of things to like here: the operators made the effort and OK’d the expense to design the screen to fit in with its surroundings, using …
Jeremy Jacobs Lays Out How Enlighten Grew Into The Biggest Player In Cannabis Digital Signage May 18, 2022 by Dave Haynes The cannabis retailing industry is interesting in a whole bunch of ways. It is a unique vertical market with an absolutely screaming need for digital signage and interactive technologies. While longtime recreational users may know their stuff, as US states and Canadian provinces have legalized, there’s a whole bunch of new users coming in with …