The guys up the street from me at ADFLOW Networks have announced a new patent grant for the process of lifting and looking at products in retail environments. The longtime signage CMS firm, based in Burlington, Ontario, says U.S. Patent No. […]
Web traffic tells me there are a lot of people out there interested in using Raspberry Pi micro-computer boards as digital signage players, since it is possible to put together a player for less than $100. […]
I think AOPEN may have some challenges with the price-points for its new commercial Chromebox and Chromebase – they’re priced accordingly, but the market mostly equates Chromebox to sub-$200 devices. However, the Taiwan company does a very nice job with this explainer video showing the products, features and benefits and applicability. […]
The same crowd that is endlessly looking to cut display hardware, playback hardware and software costs out of digital signage projects will likely be intrigued as heck by a new IndieGogo project that turns any TV with an HDMI connector into a touch and stylus controlled display. […]
Taiwan-based device-maker AOPEN has formally launched the commercial-grade Chromebox the company first previewed at Google’s booth months ago at Digital Signage Expo. […]
Via Engadget If you follow tech writing, you won’t scroll too far on any site before you run into an Internet of Things piece. It’s a massive subject, but here’s an IoT gadget you can quickly get your head around, as it might apply to digital signage and digital OOH. […]
Ted Rosenbaum from Fargo, ND-based RevelDigital called the other day to tell me about Veronica, a digital mannequin the CMS and solutions company is using to showcase its capabilities. It has touch, beacons, pattern detection, NFC and on and on, all pretty much running off a slinky silver fashion mannequin. […]
If you are a digital signage propellerhead and have been looking at the Intel Compute Stick and thinking about running one with Linux on it, it looks like that won’t work so hot. ZDnet reports that a $110 Ubuntu Linux version of the PC on a stick will go on sale next week, at least in the US, but the specs are far less than those of the Windows Compute Stick. […]
Guest Post – Emily Carroll, Prendi With the evolution of technological innovations, consumers are becoming increasingly connected and informed, with high expectations of the retail experience. As this continues to evolve, retailers must recognize the shifting role of the brick-and-mortar store. No longer is the brick-and-mortar store enough on it’s own, nor is online. […]
Guest Post: Ron Gazzola, Samsung Putting the quick in Quick Service Restaurants, or QSRs, has owed a lot to the sensors and systems that are now the basis of what’s being called the Internet of Things. To get an order to a customer, without customer lines backing up, takes automation and smart devices that are driving near factory-level precision at the food prep stations. […]
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 Compute Stick,” concludes the review, “shows that Intel can build an entirely new form of computing device, but it fails to prove why anyone would want one. […]
Lenovo is the latest mainstream PC maker to crank out a Chromebox – something called a ThinkCentre Chromebox Tiny. […]
How about a little gadget that turns almost anything into a trigger to launch content on a screen? Like a doughnut? A piece of fruit? […]
An Oakland, California start-up called Next Thing is touting a new single board computer that makes the $35 Raspberry Pi seem expensive. The Chip will, by comparison, cost $9. Yup. […]
Here’s what I THINK is the first Raspberry Pi to be directly married to an e-paper display to make a rudimentary digital sign – the HAT Display from Percheron Eelectronics. The gadgets are being marketed via a Kickstarter project, at about $57 a unit, or 2 for $101. The HAT has a 2.7-inch e-paper display, as well as a battery-fuelled real time clock. […]
