EIZO’s ColorEdge CS2740 monitor has been named Monitor of the Year 2020-2021 by the Expert Imaging and Sound Association (EISA). READ MORE…
Event production specialist Blitz, a GES company, has become a casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic. The company has gone into liquidation, causing dozens of redundancies. The live events industry has been calling for urgent government support over recent months with campaigns such as the #lightitred and #wemakeevents movements.
Taiwan’s National Science and Technology’s ‘smart agriculture’ display showcases the development of Taiwan’s agriculture.
To highlight how the island’s pig farming industry has embraced technology, increasing productivity, and improving animal welfare, the museum invited Techart Group to create an interactive touch table. Having worked with Zytronic on previous interactive table projects for several mobile phone retailers, Techart Group knew it was in safe hands. READ MORE…
Kiosk and Digital Signage 2020 (KDS 2020), Europe’s leading one-day summit for kiosk and digital signage industry professionals has been postponed. Further to the Government’s recently updated guidelines, concerns for exhibitor and attendee safety in indoor venues meant that the scheduled reopening of venues was considered untenable.
A risk assessment carried out to World Health Organisation guidelines has rated the overall risk of transmission and further spread of COVID-19 at ISE 2021 as ‘low’. The assessment takes into account the risk factors associated with the event and the impact of specifically formulated safety measures. READ MORE…
VoiceBase, AI-powered voice analytics company, has announced a strategic partnership with ThoughtSpot, search and AI-driven analytics platform, to revolutionise how enterprises gain faster insights from their voice data through innovative search capabilities.
As mask wearing becomes mandatory in shops, a chart that enables shop staff to identify the mood of shoppers is being made available for free by retail experts Uncrowd.
The at-a-glance chart, downloadable from www.uncrowd.uk, maps thirty-two eye moods to enable staff to diagnose and pre-empt potential problems.
Digital Signage Expo show has been cancelled, with the show organiser Exponation LLC filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. US-based DSE 2020 was due to take place from 11-13 November in Las Vegas. It had been postponed twice from late March and September because of the Covid-19 pandemic
Pyramid Computer GmbH has announced a new distribution deal with Pinntec Ltd for its kiosk, industrial PC and server products. The deal appoints Pinntec as the exclusive distributor for all Pyramid products in the UK and Republic of Ireland. The deal is part of the Pyramid strategy to link with local market experts in multiple sectors to expand sales. READ MORE…
BrightSign, LLC has announced that EonDigital, Inc. has incorporated the BrightSign HD1024 media player in its new temperature screening solution, ExoMetrics Wrist. This innovative new solution quickly achieves highly accurate temperature measurements by taking hundreds of temperature readings in just a matter of seconds.
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British company, Uncrowd, that is developing a world-class actionable customer analytics platform for retailers, is this year’s recipient of Microsoft’s inaugural global award for Start-Ups.
London-headquartered Uncrowd, founded by retail experts, offers a customer analytics platform that enables retailers to understand customer preferences and behaviour, make immediate changes to marketing and operations, and dramatically increase sales.
LED manufacturer Absen has announced they have won the coveted Red Dot Product Design award for their latest rental staging LED solution, the Venus (VN) series.
The Venus series is an innovative LED display that has been specifically designed for concerts and festivals due to its ability to create super-sized screens at speed. The product features a highly unique integrated ‘module-on-frame’ design, which has removed the need for a sub-frame and is 27% lighter than competing solutions, allowing creative teams to cut back on weight, save cost and build even bigger LED walls than before – up to 20 metres in height.
BrightSign is collaborating with C&G Partners to implement an extensive new digital signage network at Rockefeller University in New York City. The university initiated the campus-wide digital initiative to better promote campus academic lectures, faculty candidate symposia, evening lectures and its campus wayfinding directory. READ MORE…
Digi International has launched the Digi IX20, an industrial router providing adaptable, right-sized connectivity in industrial infrastructure, location monitoring, and unattended retail applications. The Digi IX20 also offers advanced security and redundancy features for reliable performance in harsh environments.
By designing and delivering a custom 19” rack case in only four weeks, Verotec helped 7th Sense to launch their new Juggler hardware-based modular pixel processing system. Verotec provided a custom size, thermally managed 1U 500 mm deep 19” rack mounting chassis comprising formed steel base and top with extruded front and rear panels.
A unique interactive table, built to welcome staff and partners to an advanced corporate training centre, not only needed to have a stunning design but also be fully functional with built-in interactive displays. This spectacular 6.4m long table incorporated three 86” LG displays and is equipped with Zytronic multi-touch technology.
Pyramid Computer GmbH has announced its new polytouch 32 curve – access control kiosk which automatically measures human body temperature as part of authorising personnel and visitor access to buildings and public areas.
When looking to speed up the flow of trucks checking into its busy mines and quarries, Australia’s largest construction material supplier, Boral Limited, decided to apply ‘smart’ technologies. As a result, haulage drivers now use specially designed kiosks, with Zytronic’s interactive touch sensors, at Boral’s incoming and outgoing weighbridges to avoid bottlenecks.
Moviik has launched a contact-free queuing app platform to allow the virtual management of queues inside and outside the stores while promoting social distancing and ensuring greater protection for employees and customers.
Planning for Integrated Systems Europe 2021 is well underway with its organisers, Integrated Systems Events, committed to delivering a compelling and safe exhibition for the world’s audiovisual integrated systems community.
The 17th edition of ISE is set to take place at its new home at the Fira de Barcelona, Gran Vía, 2-5 February 2021. The world class exhibition centre plans to reopen for business in September. This will follow the successful completion of a collaboration with risk mitigation consultancy AON and the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona which will determine the specific security criteria for holding B2B events at the venue later this year.
With the country still largely in lockdown, with social distancing measures as part of the controls around COVID-19, UK businesses are starting, with caution, to explore ways in which adaptations need to be made to ensure a safe movement back to normal working and operating patterns once government recommendations allow it.
Entrepreneur Josh Bunce, founder and CEO of Bristol born inurface Group, has developed a number of solutions which will help support businesses back into operation as well as offer vital reassurance for the public using these services.
Leicestershire electrical installations firm, Ventola Projects, has launched a new system set to add to the collective armoury in fighting back against the virus and safely reigniting the economy. The iCheck system not only monitors footfall and individuals’ and groups of customers’ temperatures but it can also dispense hand sanitiser and check and remind people to wear face masks, acting as virtual concierge or gatekeeper to event locations, entrance ways, shopping malls, and retail and entertainment venues of all kinds.
GlobalReach Technology has launched a new tool to help manage safe social distancing as offices and venues reopen after lockdown. Using existing public Wi-Fi networks, Crowd Insights can collect anonymous location, volume and movement data, even without user authentication. Pre-set limits identify crowding, triggering alerts to help the venue proactively manage safe social distancing.
Evoke Creative, design-led manufacturer of interactive digital solutions, has Invested in the design and development of a kiosk – EV LITE|Temperature Check – which screens customers and employees on arrival at a premises. The kiosk has a contactless temperature check function along with an automatic hand sanitiser. Evoke Creative has also launched a contactless user experience which can be integrated into existing touchscreen applications.
Craft Data has introduced their latest range of hygienic contactless touch monitors designed for kiosk applications. The “UNTACT” touch monitor range uses infrared touch technology, however, whereas in conventional IR touch monitors the infrared touch is mounted as close to the display surface as possible, typically 5mm, “UNTACT” moves the infrared touch frame 25mm away from the display surface, making the detection of a stylus (finger or gloved finger) 25mm away from the physical touch point being displayed on the TFT LCD, hence “contactless”.
BrightSign LLC has announced that its Series 4 XD1034 players, installed by BrightSign’s partner in China, SCHOT, are powering seven LED video walls, showing impressive installation art across Hong Kong’s K11 MUSEA, the cultural-retail facility. Using BSN.cloud to deliver a weekly program of live streamed events, these performances by top musicians, dancers and theatre performers are relayed around the complex using the screens.
BrightSign, in collaboration with 22MILES has improved campus connectivity at Georgia Tech University, Atlanta.
22MILES’ approach to the project was to cement a collaborative partnership with the university’s technology departments, bringing the resources of 30+ developers into the equation, as well as innovators in the digital signage space such as BrightSign, and their purpose-built media players.
BrightSign, LLC, has announced BrightLink and BrightMenu to help retailers, restaurants and other businesses safely operate in the face of new health regulations brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
BrightLink is a new touchless solution that eliminates the need to physically engage with touch-interactive digital signage. Customers transfer control of the experience by scanning a QR code to their phones to browse or interact with content as they normally would, eliminating the need for physical contact.
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Live Pavilion that was planned for DSE is resurrected as a free web-based online portal BrightSign, LLC has taken the…
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The University of Oxford has announced a new strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The collaboration will focus on…
BrightSign, in collaboration with 22MILES has improved campus connectivity at Georgia Tech University, Atlanta.
22MILES’ approach to the project was to cement a collaborative partnership with the university’s technology departments, bringing the resources of 30+ developers into the equation, as well as innovators in the digital signage space such as BrightSign, and their purpose-built media players.
In a partnership with Holders, UK distributors for Casambi, Harvard Power Systems is launching a full range of their high…
By Paul Weston, Head of Merchant Payment Acceptance, Worldline UK & I STANDFIRST What is Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and…
syscomtec Distribution AG is a new sales partner for turnkey LED display solutions from Ledeca in Germany, Austria and Switzerland….
Touch technology specialist Zytronic has extended its capability and can now work closely with customers to design and manufacture projected…
Companies join forces to strengthen integrated support for evolving hospitality operations With a quarter of hospitality operators intending to roll…
by Mathias Michelangeli, Senior Business Developer, Limonetik China has expanded into mobile payment faster than any other country in the…
The US arm of Innovative Technology have recently joined the Kiosk Manufacturer Association (KMA) as a premium member. KMA is…
tvONE, designer and manufacturer of video and multimedia processing equipment, is now shipping a new Dynamic mode to tvONE’s award-winning…
LED display manufacturer, Absen, has re-hired Ben Phelps as its retail industry director. In his new role, which is effective…
Fountech.Solutions, a new artificial intelligence (AI) consultancy, has launched to help organisations globally integrate AI into their operations. Fountech.Solutions has…
What can be done to make touch screens safe for use? Despite the advantages touchscreens offer, it is clear that…
Star Micronics, manufacturer of packaged and modular specialist kiosk printing solutions, announces the latest additions to its range of Sanei…
BrightSign works with Signagelive to upgrade signage at two leading research centres in Australia With the aim of bringing a…
LED display manufacturer, Absen, has hired Philippe Poppe as its new business development manager for the Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands,…
With events being cancelled and projects getting postponed across Europe, Absen has set up a new webinar series to help…
By Peter Alcock, Head of Product Marketing, NMI When we emerge from our collective quarantine, we’ll never again take for…
Worldline, European payment and transaction services company, has announced that YUMI, Worldline’s business facilitator for merchants, is a winner of…
Digital signage media player company BrightSign, LLC, has announced that Moki’s cloud-based Mobile Device Management (MDM) software now offers support…
Many argue that a queue management system (QMS) is the process of managing a customer’s waiting time. But what does…
Digital signage allows retailers to hone in-store customer engagement with more than visual appeal, an evolution that could reinvent the…
Visual solutions company, EIZO Limited is proud to announce and welcome Josh Aylmer to its Ascot based office. Aylmer joins…
With over half of ATMs to offer automated deposit by 2024, banks around the world are upgrading their self-service estates…
By: Chris Fravel We’re facing a global pandemic. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has halted modern society in a way that has…
Absen has unveiled its new AW Series for the Digital Out-Of-Home (DooH) advertising market. The AW Series is suitable for fixed installation and can also be applied to light boxes and smart light poles to cater for the growing trend of LED display and 5G technology integration.
Global provider of digital media tools, quality monitoring and workflow solutions, Telestream, has announced that Dan Castles, one of the company’s original founders, has returned as CEO to lead the company through its next phase of growth.
Peerless-AV, in collaboration with partners, showcased an impressive mix of technology innovations at ISE 2020. In addition to seamless LED systems, Peerless-AV promoted their new UltraView UHD outdoor TV, a 24/7 Smart City Kiosk, an indoor back to back kiosk model and a new mobile trolley and rotational mount for the 65 inch Samsung FLIP, alongside many new product concepts.
From an indoor battery powered digital A-board to curved and ultra-wide stretched displays, Allsee Technologies previewed a number of new…
Having recently merged with Tripleplay, ONELAN, a Uniguest company, showcased its Reserva Edge room booking solution and demonstrated its new…
Star Micronics has announced the launch of SteadyLAN, a POS connectivity solution that provides the stability of a cabled LAN…
QikServe, the leading enterprise platform for customer self-service in the hospitality industry, has acquired Preoday, the branded mobile application and…
Manufacturer of self-service kiosks, Pyramid Computer will announce at NRF 2020 its own North America operation to better serve and…
Throughout the world’s airports, transport networks and the global hospitality industry, automation is revolutionising the way people travel and access…
A sensational new attraction on the 125th floor of Dubai’s iconic Burj Khalifa Cambridge was unveiled at the end of January.
Abacus Communications Ltd today announces that Laura Vallis has been appointed editor of bi-monthly Networks Europe magazine and Kiosk Solutions magazine.