Projects: Swedish Subway Ad Trick Finds Its Way To New York May 15, 2015 by Super User You may remember that clever hair products digital poster in a Swedish subway – where the model’s hair was swept by the tunnel winds of an approaching train. The US Lifetime TV network has borrowed on that idea for a set of posters promoting a biopic about Marilyn Monroe. This time the subway’s wind blast …
Projects: Philly Office Towers Add Live Transport Data Screens May 15, 2015 by Super User I blabber a lot these days about how live data is the content gift that can keep on giving, so I was happy to get an email today about a cool new project in Philadelphia that outs the idea in practice. Brandywine Realty Trust has partnered with TransitScreen to show real-time transport data, across multiple …
Panasonic Puts HTML5-Driven Firefox On New Panel Lineup May 15, 2015 by Super User Now you can buy a flat panel display that runs the open source Firefox browser. The first Panasonic VIERA Smart TVs powered by the Firefox OS are now available in Europe, and will be available worldwide in the coming months. Granted, the panels are Smart TVs and not commercial displays, but we all know many, many …
Lenovo Latest PC Maker To Join Chromebox Party May 15, 2015 by Super User Lenovo is the latest mainstream PC maker to crank out a Chromebox – something called a ThinkCentre Chromebox Tiny. The unit has a one-litre form factor, which after looking that up I can tell you means it is, umm, small-ish. “Lenovo was the first to introduce a one litre commercial desktop and ThinkCentre Chromebox is a testament …
DOOHgood: Nepal Still Needs Help, So Kathmando Something May 14, 2015 by Super User The large aftershock that took more lives this week in Nepal is a reminder, if one was required, that help is still very much needed in that country. There are several video PSAs available, via DOOHgood, to run on signage networks. And now the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) has produced a series of static …
Tablets: iPads Are No Longer Top Of The Sales Table May 14, 2015 by Super User It would be easy to think everybody seems to have an iPad, because an awful lot of people do. But new research shows even more people have cheap Chinese tablets with brand names on them that are wholly unfamiliar. The research firm Strategy Analytics says sales of white label tablets now out-strip sales for tablets …
Interesting Use-Case: Projection Mapping For Crowd Control May 14, 2015 by Super User Here’s an interesting use-case for projection mapping – crowd control. Canada’s Wonderland – a big theme park on Toronto’s outskirts – does a nightly projection mapping show on the park’s fake mountain structure near the entry/exit gates. It closes the park’s evening, and pulls people from all over the park to see the mountain transformed. …
SEC Filings: Creative Realities Carries On Ronin’s Red Ink Ways May 14, 2015 by Super User Red ink seems to follow Wireless Ronin around, even as the company is now part of Creative Realities. The company has released its 2014 financials, which are something less than stellar and may support the rumour that the business is for sale. Adrian hangs out with money guys like Marc Boidman, so I pretty much assume …
Infocomm Running Content-Centric Solutions Summit At June Show May 14, 2015 by Super User Infocomm is a month out and I am starting to stockpile shirts and anti-perspirant in anticipation of several days in the steam bath of Orlando. I’ll take 115F and bone dry in Vegas any day over 95F and 95% humidity in central Florida. I’m going for several reasons: 1 – DSE gets so busy I …
Security: Hackers Take Over Atlanta Billboard, Run (Literally) Butt-Ugly Content May 14, 2015 by Super User Several Atlanta-area news organizations are reporting how someone hacked (presumably) into a large digital billboard running on a building in ritzy Buckhead – switching out booked ads for a pic of a guy mooning. Like serious mooning. Big bend over yuck. A contact sent me a blurred image via Reddit, and I am happy it …
