Delta Air Lines plans to switch on what it calls the first-ever Parallel Reality display on Concourse A at Detroit’s airport at the end ... […]
A digital billboard in the Detroit area was hacked last fall, with ads replaced by a very naughty video. Probably like most people, I assumed a couple of teenaged boys with strong computer chops somehow got at the media player and made the change, for the sake of some giggles. I was right, though the level of vulnerability of the board is/was a little mind-blowing. […]
A reader pointed out a second digital signage screen hack from this weekend, this one on a digital OOH highway billboard in suburban Detroit. The big digital board was, like one in Auckland, NZ, showing porn video material. The Detroit Free Press reports it happened late Saturday night and the racy material was up for passing motorists for 15-20 minutes. […]
The big World Duty Free shop in the international terminal at Detroit’s main airport has added a set of displays aimed at energizing the store experience and driving sales and promotions. The showcase feature is a 3mm pitch LED halo ring hanging like a lighting fixture, the idea being the circular display is visible anywhere in the store. […]
If your digital signage screens are there to make something faster, better or easier for the people who are looking at them, you are doing good things. […]
A Detroit-based startup called Waittime has developed a data-driven, multi-screen platform aimed at improving the fan experience at sports and entertainment venues, by telling people where the washroom and concession lines are shorter. The company installs sensors in venue concourses, with the data they spit out interpreted using artificial intelligence to determine wait times. […]