Imagine Digital Displays That Were Glare-Free & Self-Cleaning

April 27, 2012 by Dave Haynes

The crazy-smart kids and their profs at MIT have released details and visuals of what could be the glass of the future for everything from …

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I’ll Take Two: Panasonic Shows Off 145″ Plasma With 8K Resolution

April 27, 2012 by Dave Haynes

This a prototype developed by Panasonic and broadcaster NHK that is a monstrous 145 diagonal inches of plasma and ultra high resolution of 8K, …

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Transparent LCDs Make The Jump To Vending Machines

April 26, 2012 by Dave Haynes

I see Stratacache had the forehead-slapper of an idea to demo a new product at a vertical industry show instead of a general digital signage …

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Talking Flat Lady Gets a Weegie Accent

April 20, 2012 by Dave Haynes

Scotland’s health care system has its first talking flat lady, one of those projected virtual mannequins. Following the flick of a switch, EVA (which …

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Halo’d Screens Now Sold In Canada

April 19, 2012 by Dave Haynes

You can now source those displays with the subtle halo surrounds in Canada. Brighter Signs, the UK company behind the units, has started a company …

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Does Dolby’s New Overlay Finally Make Glasses-free 3D Viable?

April 18, 2012 by Dave Haynes

[youtube id=”Gkybyqrc4B4″ width=”600″ height=”350″] A news release last week from Dolby and Philips sent me on a mini-rant about PR that is full of …

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Please Don’t Steal Me!

April 18, 2012 by Dave Haynes

This could be dropped in the clever, weird or impractical bucket, or all three. Delphi Display Systems has introduced a “Digital Sidewalk SignBoard” that …

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Tech: How To Get A Dead Rapper For Your Next Concert

April 16, 2012 by Dave Haynes

There’s lot of buzz today in tech blogs about the virtual appearance of long-dead rapper Tupac Shakur at the Coachella music festival in California …

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Dolby, Philips Announce New Glasses-Free 3D Format (But That’s It)

April 12, 2012 by Dave Haynes

I have read this release a few times and now marvel at how the PR managed to generate so much nothing. The nut of …

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The Rise Of The Digital Signage Device

April 10, 2012 by Dave Haynes

We are finally starting to see the expected transition of digital signage applications from being PC-based to smart device-based. We first saw a commercial …

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Five Vendors I Wish I’d Seen At DSE

March 16, 2012 by Dave Haynes

The challenge with going to a trade show in an industry I’ve been around since we were making displays with stone tools and mud …

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rAVe: Kayye On Extron’s Opting Out Of Major Pro AV Shows

March 14, 2012 by Dave Haynes

Since breaking the news that Extron is no longer exhibiting at the InfoComm USA or Integrated Systems Europe shows two weeks ago, we’ve had …

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