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Projects: Singapore Celebrates 50th With Giant Projection-Mapping Show

Singapore has turned into the centre of the universe when it comes to projection mapping, with seemingly more of that happening there than in the rest of the world combined. Consider how the nation’s 50th birthday was celebrated yesterday, with mapping done at three locations and using more than 120 of Christie’s projectors. […]

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Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 3:35 PM

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16:9: Madame Tussauds Uses Giant LED Wall To Hoover In Times Square Tourists

The Madame Tussauds wax museum in New York’s Time Square has put a massive 13 ft by 12 foot LED screen in a glassed part of the facade to pull in tourists passing by on 42nd Street. The LED is a big NanoLumens unit, running content via Scala software based on a concept developed by the guys at OpenEye Global. […]

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Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 8:44 AM

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Toronto’s IdeaLab Debuts Turnkey Kiosk Rental Offer

Anybody who has sold digital signage product and had conversations with brand marketers has probably had rent-versus-buy questions thrown at them from people who like what they saw, but only needed it for a few weeks, not a few years. That’s stopped many projects and ideas in their tracks, because the options to rent a solution have been very, very limited. […]

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Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 9:32 AM

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16:9: Sharp Exits TV Market In Americas, But Not Commercial Display Biz

Hisense’s Major Expansion: Acquiring Sharp America (PRNewsFoto/Hisense) China’s Hisense Group and Japan’s Sharp announced a deal today that sees Hisense buying all the equity and assets of Sharp’s TV factory in Mexico (for $23.7 million) and with that the rights to use the “Sharp” brand name and all its channel resources in both North and South American regions. […]

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Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 12:14 AM

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16:9: Nice Tunnel, Shame About The Screens

PHOTO CREDIT: NATIONAL POST If you fly into Toronto via the little island airport just off downtown, it’s great in just about every way. Handy. Great view coming in and leaving. […]

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Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 1:14 PM

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16:9: LED Signmaker Watchfire Acquires Digital Signage Software Co Aerva

LED signmaker Watchfire Signs has acquired digital signage software firm Aerva, in a deal that closed early this month. Based in Danville, Illionois – west of Indianapolis and south of Chicago – Watchfire builds large-format outdoor LED boards, servicing everything from media companies to schools and communities. […]

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Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 6:30 AM

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Projects: Wayfinding Stations As Art In Miami’s Aventura Mall

The very upscale Aventura Mall in Miami has added a set of seven interactive directories to help shoppers find their way around the 2.7 million-square-foot facility. There’s nothing all that new about digital wayfinding in malls, but what’s distinct here are custom enclosures designed by architects, by a gloriously named Brooklyn, NY  firm, Snarkitecture. […]

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Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 6:03 AM

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16:9: US FDA Pushes Back Menu Labeling Requirements By Year

Hat tip to Raffi Vartian at Signagelive for flagging this … The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has postponed by a year federal menu labeling requirements, with the FDA saying it needs to provide more clarification on rules and regulations that are not necessarily being warmly greeted by all affected parties. […]

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Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 2:43 PM

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Projects: Retailer Target Debuts Digital-Filled IoT Open House

American mass merchandise retailer Target has opened a connected home store, immediately below a full store, at a San Francisco shopping center – with the aim of putting all the Internet of Things digital thermostats and door locks and so on in context. […]

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Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 2:19 PM

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16:9: Augmented Reality Video Wall Fills French Grocery Carts In Surprising Ways

Via PSFK This is a clever use of augmented reality that happily doesn’t require the experience to happen through the lens of a smartphone screen. The French supermarket chain Système U used gesture cameras, software and a large video wall at a store to deliver a fun way of communicating the origins of some of its key products. […]

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Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 9:22 AM

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Infographic: How Digital Menu Boards Help Businesses

Here’s a nice infographic ROI-modeling digital menu boards that was passed along by Neil Maycock of Allsee Technologies, a UK-Chinese company that makes a broad range of digital signage displays. […]

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Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 8:35 AM

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Leap Motion Used As Portable Touchscreen Demo

When the Leap Motion came out there was quite a bit of curiosity in this sector as to whether it could be used as a low-cost but effective alternative to expensive touchscreen overlays and add-ons. I ordered one, and tried it out, and was fairly underwhelmed by its capabilities. […]

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Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 10:45 AM

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16:9: TransitScreen Lights Up Live Data-Driven Mass Transport Displays For Toronto Trial

TransitScreen COO Ryan Croft with Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong The City of Toronto has started a pilot with TransitScreen to try out a couple of real-time transportation displays in city-owned buildings. […]

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Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 3:42 PM

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16:9: Panasonic Buys NYC-Based Digital Signage Solutions Firm MagicInk

Panasonic has acquired a small, privately-owned NYC-based digital signage solutions provider called MagicInk Interactive LLC, picking up retail planning and deployment expertise.   “After reviewing the potential acquisitions in this area, we believe that MagicInk is well positioned to help us significantly expand our digital signage business. […]

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Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 10:15 AM

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16:9: How IoT Informs Passengers at Orlando Intn’l Airport

This post original appeared on the Samsung Business blog. If work takes you through a lot of busy airports, you’re likely familiar with long lines, crowds, and that nervous feeling that you’re missing some important information. Like your departure gate has changed. […]

Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 8:45 AM

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