Low-Cost Retail Wow
June 11, 2014 by Dave Haynes
I don’t necessarily have a good use-case for these laser-projected keyboard thingies, and I know they’ve been around in one way or another for …
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Computex 2014 Gives Glimpse At What’s Coming In Tech
June 5, 2014 by Dave Haynes
A quick hop on Eva Air and I went from Hong Kong to Taipei today, and pretty much straight over to the huge Computex show …
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UK Sign Prototype Bridges Analog And Digital
May 27, 2014 by Dave Haynes
Pixel Track from Berg on Vimeo. A British company called Berg is testing prototypes of a system that bridges analog and digital signage, using …
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A Sub-$700 49-inch Android Smart Panel (Sadly Just Available In China)
May 20, 2014 by Dave Haynes
Bryan Mongeau, VP Technology at BroadSign, keeps one eye on the Asian flat panel display market, looking for “smart” displays with sufficient horsepower to …
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$150 Matrix Mini-PC Can Hop Between Android, Linux
March 13, 2014 by Dave Haynes
Here’s a possible alternative for the crowd using HDMI sticks and Raspberry Pi kits to restrict hardware costs on their digital signage networks: the …
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Google Chromeboxes Shipping Mid-Month
March 7, 2014 by Dave Haynes
If you want to start tinkering with one of those $179 Asus Chromeboxes that Google is touting for digital signage, they are now up …
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New Intel NUC Gives More Power At Less Cost
January 28, 2014 by Dave Haynes
Intel has added a low-cost but more powerful version of its NUC mini-mini PCs. The little Next Unit of Computing boxes that many digital …
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One Pi + One Nerd = One Digital Sign For Kitchen
January 20, 2014 by Dave Haynes
San Francisco engineer/developer Brendan Nee got himself a little sub-$50 Raspberry Pi micro PC, played around with it, and came up with a real-time transit …
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Intel Debuts PC The Size Of SD Card
January 7, 2014 by Dave Haynes
Intel has announced its Edison development board – what amounts to a Pentium PC the size of an SD card. The Edison board has a …
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DSrupted: Technologies That Will Disrupt Digital Signage In 2014
December 23, 2013 by Dave Haynes
I define disruptive technology as software, gear and infrastructure that significantly changes how things have long been done and used. Minor disruption is happening …
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LG Gets A Very Smart New TV; Will A Smart Sign Follow?
December 19, 2013 by Dave Haynes
LG appears set to release what would be a very smart TV at CES next month – making me wonder if the South Korean …
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19 Slices Of Raspberry Pi For Digital Signage
December 13, 2013 by Dave Haynes
Posts about using the $35 Raspberry Pi for a digital signage project tend to generate a lot of reader interest, and some work I’ve …
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