DISPLAX Turns Stretched 86-Inch LCD Into Wall-Mounted Piano February 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is a clever interactive display experience that converts an 86-inch stretch LCD display into a electronic keyboard. The demo developed by the Portuguese interactive technology shop DISPLAX probably has a limited range of practical applications, but has the benefit of being something loads of people would play with in a trade show stand, museums …
There’s A New Version Of That Digital Poster On Wheels, But The Original Question Persists: Why? February 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes I wrote a couple of years ago about a Dubai-based company that was marketing a three-sided ad poster on robotic wheels, and asked the simple question: Why? That company is still around, and RoboAds says it now has a new version – the RA-200 – that it calls the “most sophisticated signage robot that has been …
Digital Explainer Screens Key Parts Of First Whole Foods “Just Walk Out” Store February 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes High-end grocery retailer Whole Foods Market has opened its first store using Amazon’s frictionless Just Walk Out Shopping technology – a 21,500-square-foot store in Washington, D.C.’s Glover Park neighborhood. The store, which opened Wednesday, is the first of two Whole Foods Market stores expected to open this year that use the cashier-free technology developed by …
Indian OOH Media Firm Pairs Billboards With Solar Panel Arrays February 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes An Indian OOH media company has announced an interesting new wrinkle to getting approvals for large-format advertising displays – pairing them with solar power generation arrays. Zest Outdoor has put the money together to put new static – not digital, at least not yet – large format signs in Mumbai that generate revenue through brand …
Live Events Tech Firm Worldstage Folds; A Business Victim Of COVID-19 February 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes The pandemic has clobbered a lot of businesses in the past two years, and one of the hardest hit has been the live events industry. Lockdowns and health safety limitations have meant countless concerts, games, events and business gatherings didn’t happen, as planned or at all, and the AV and staging people who set those …
DSF Launches Industry Advisory Council February 24, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Federation (DSF) has announced a DSF Advisory Council made up of companies in the industry ecosystem that provided the necessary funds to keep the association going as the pandemic settled in and other funding resources all but dried up. The member companies, says the DSF, will advise on topics such as education …
That Giant Vegas Sphere, With 160,000 Sq, Ft. Of LED, On Track To Open Next Year February 24, 2022 by Dave Haynes There are many, many examples of big projects – especially in places like Las Vegas – that get announced but either never happen, or take a very long time to go from PR to built and opened. But that giant orb just off the strip touted to have the largest LED screen on Earth is …
Hughes Wins BurgerFi Deal Bundling Digital Signage With Network Infrastructure, Managed Services February 24, 2022 by Dave Haynes Here’s a good example of how a service provider can win digital signage deals by also bringing a lot of other capabilities to the dance – Hughes Network Systems enabling the guest experience in the BurgerFi restaurant chain by providing all the networking technology, signage software and managed services. The fast casual chain and a …
Touchscreens, Other Surfaces Present Little Or No COVID-19 Transmission Risk: Research February 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes It’s been roughly two years since COVID-19 became a daily discussion and the industry started wondering what all this would mean to business and the use of interactive technologies that encouraged touch actions. In the early days of the novel-coronavirus pandemic, it was widely thought that the pathogen was spread by touching surfaces, prompting no …
A Regular Billboard Pylon Won’t Do When It’s Beside “The Most Beautiful Building On Earth” February 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes Large format Digital OOH LED displays along roadways tend to big rectangles stuck atop or on the sides of buildings, or perched above a utilitarian pole or column, so it’s a bit unusual to see a set-up that looks like it came out of a creative design studio. In this case, the extra effort and …
