Japanese vending machines use video analytics to make drink recommendations
August 10, 2010 by Dave Haynes
If I ever squirted out of the rail car at a stop on the JR East transport system in Japan, I doubt anything would …
Read moreEnough with the endless membership drive announcements
August 6, 2010 by Dave Haynes
There is a raging tomato fight, as you may have heard, going on between two non-profit organizations battling for the hearts, minds and wallets …
Read moreRace to the bottom dep't: $250-$750 budget for digital signage platform
August 6, 2010 by Dave Haynes
Hi, looking for a company to create a digital signage application for me. This application has 3 parts a designer, admin and player. Admin …
Read moreNASCAR Hall of Fame fan board lit up with 250-plus of Christie's MicroTiles
August 5, 2010 by Dave Haynes
(Disclosure: I do some writing for Christie, and prepared a case study on this project) One of the first BIG projects to come along …
Read morePumpTop TV starts weekly programming guide
August 3, 2010 by Dave Haynes
It is fair, I think, to suggest that many, many DOOH networks have a limited grasp of their programming schedule and follow a particularly …
Read moreThe problem with big round numbers
July 29, 2010 by Dave Haynes
I was just reading a press release about a media network’s plans to increase its footprint by 1,000 locations, starting with 500 by the …
Read moreNice many-many tiled display in Austrian club
July 28, 2010 by Dave Haynes
Montreal-based Matrox has put out a case study about an impressive install at a club in Linz, Austria. In a nutshell, 40 big flat …
Read moreSony's new concept store appears to totally skip in-store video
July 28, 2010 by Dave Haynes
Suppose you were one of the world’s great consumer electronics brands, with a reputation for premium displays, and you decided to change up the …
Read moreDoes user-friendly mean anything anymore?
July 28, 2010 by Dave Haynes
I noted with some interest that a Mac-based digital signage software vendor called NextGen DS has officially announced this week that it will now …
Read moreDigital signage for queues controlled by dead-simple touch UI
July 26, 2010 by Dave Haynes
The queue management systems business seems really well suited to bolting digital signage on to the offers, since you have people in lines or …
Read moreThis week's Top 5
July 23, 2010 by Dave Haynes
So, some weeks – particularly if I am on the road – I am lucky to produce five posts. But this week I was …
Read moreJust one station, but much bigger deal
July 22, 2010 by Dave Haynes
The Friedrichstrasse Underground Station in downtown Berlin is thought to be the first subway platform around that is completely and exclusively tooled up with …
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