Projects: Talking Flat Ladies Get Hotel Jobs In Japan February 8, 2015 by Super User It looks like virtual mannequins have escaped from airport queues and hospital waiting rooms and found new work in hotels – or at least one opening this summer in Japan. A concept hotel at a theme park (surprise!) will feature robots the owners say will eventually do 90% of the work around the place. It will …
2015 Mixer Sold Out, But … February 8, 2015 by Super User The 2015 version of the annual Preset Group DSE kickoff mixer is once again sold out. Most of the tickets went in the 1st couple of days this past week, and the balance have dribbled in since then, the last ones going this weekend. There’s a wait list, and as experience has shown a nice …
Preset Mixer Update: 85% Sold Out February 5, 2015 by Super User The annual Preset Mixer is now 85% sold out – not bad for three days. Here’s a map of where all the folks are coming from. Most, as you might expect are from the big metro areas of Canada and the US, but we have people registered from Australia, Finland, Italy and Slovenia. We also …
Projects: Chico’s In-Store Digital Network Runs On Chromeboxes February 5, 2015 by Super User You know that argument you hear from vendors, that serious end-users with a lot of scale will never go with free software solutions and entry-level hardware? It’s probably true in a lot of cases, but not always. And I think things are shifting, in part because of who is now working with free. As in …
First Transparent LCDs, Now Transparent OLEDs February 4, 2015 by Super User Display manufacturers always like to have eye candy at trade show booths, and Portland-based Planar Systems is bringing over what looks to be a particularly sweet piece to its booth next week at ISE in Amsterdam – a transparent OLED display. The 55” prototype display, which won’t be a product for at least a year, …
Signagelive Adds LG’s Web Os To Supported Platforms February 4, 2015 by Super User The Signagelive guys have a knack for staying on top or ahead of the tech curve to stay current, effectively cover various angles and say Yes to pretty much any way a prospect might want to run their software. Latest example: the UK-based company now runs on LG’s Web OS smart display panels. So now …
Bigger, Brighter, Almost Square LCD Panel To Debut At ISE February 4, 2015 by Super User UK-based specialty display firm Crystal Display Systems will be at ISE in Amsterdam next week with a 27.3 inch square-ish LCD panel that packs 1,000 cd (or nits) of brightness. The puppies are backlit by high bright LEDs and have a resolution of 945 by 1080. The units aren’t, as you might tell by the …
Fire Recovery Fund For DS Vets Passes 4K But More Needed February 4, 2015 by Super User The fire relief crowdfunding campaign put together by a daughter of well-known and much-liked industry vets David and Jill Miller has passed the $4K point, but that’s less than half of what Hailey Miller is trying to raise for Mom and Dad. The two were among scores of residents who were wiped out by a …
Mixer Tickets Moving Nicely – More Than Half Are Gone February 4, 2015 by Super User If I factor in sponsor tickets that I set aside, the Preset Group DSE Mixer on March 10th is more than 50% sold out, a few hours after the tickets went up. For the first 90 minutes or so we were doing almost a ticket a minute. That calmed down after the usual opening rush, …
Preset Mixer Tickets Here February 3, 2015 by Super User Here’s the link for ticket registration for the annual Preset Group pre-DSE networking mixer, held this year at the Hard Rock Cafe on the strip (not the one by the hotel). It’s March 10th, 5:30 to 8:30 pm. Tickets are free, and so are drinks (2 anyways). Space is limited, so act now. We always …
