E Ink Goes Yellow

June 2, 2015 by Dave Haynes

A typical flat panel monitor supports millions of colors, so it’s a little funny to see a press release celebrating how a display now …

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Projects: Canadian Tire Lights Up 100+ Screens At New Showcase Store

June 2, 2015 by Dave Haynes

Canadian Tire has opened a giant new store on the south end of Edmonton, on the main road out of town south to Calgary, …

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Visix Adds Client-Branded Smartphone App And Beacons For Wayfinding

June 2, 2015 by Dave Haynes

Atlanta-based Visix has added an interesting new element to its product offer aimed at corporate facilities and campuses – a brand-able wayfinding app for smartphones …

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Retail Innovation Workspace And Lab Opens In SF Mall

June 1, 2015 by Dave Haynes

What would be a really good environment to test and tweak retail technologies, and get them in front of major retailers and brands? How …

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Intel’s Compute Stick Gets Big Shoulder Shrug In Lab Testing

June 1, 2015 by Dave Haynes

The geeks at Engadget have put put one of Intel’s new Compute Sticks through testing, and come back with a resounding shoulder shrug. “The …

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Four Winds Gets “Cool Vendor” Nod From Gartner

May 30, 2015 by Dave Haynes

Denver-based signage software firm Four Winds Interactive got a nice little nod recently from the tech-centric market analysis firm Gartner, listing it among a tight selection …

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Projects: Pooch Follows Shoppers Around UK Mall Via Sensors

May 29, 2015 by Dave Haynes

This is a very clever marketing campaign, spotted in Digital Sign Age, to drive animal adoptions from a London shelter. Called Looking For You, …

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Why I’m Going To InfoComm: Jim Marascio, 11 Giraffes

May 28, 2015 by Dave Haynes

Here’s one in what I hope will be a series of posts for attendees, and separately for exhibitors, talking about why they go to …

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E Ink Showing Its New Prism Display Next Week At SID

May 28, 2015 by Dave Haynes

E Ink will be showing its very cool Prism architectural display tech next week at the SID Display Week in Silicon Valley. Launched at …

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Live Data Visualizations As Hypnotic Signage

May 28, 2015 by Dave Haynes

On the way to San Francisco’s airport after a day with a client 2-3 weeks ago I stopped in at Google for a quick …

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Video: Using McDonald’s New Self-Ordering Kiosk To Get A Very Big Mac

May 28, 2015 by Dave Haynes

Here’s a somewhat warped look at the Create Your Taste digital ordering kiosks that McDonald’s is testing in some U.S. outlets. A guy named …

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Research: 17.2 M Digital Signs By 2019 (Updated)

May 27, 2015 by Dave Haynes

A boutique market research firm in Sweden, focused on the Internet of Things and Machine to Machine connectivity businesses, has pushed out a report …

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