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16:9: Full Color Advanced E Ink Digital Sign Testing In Japan

Via Good e-Reader … E Ink keeps pushing the envelope on full-color signs – and a new version developed for the Japanese market is touted as low-power digital signage for retail. Good e-Reader has a post up about a pair of Japanese companies showing and testing what’s called an ACeP – or working Advanced Color E-Paper – display that does more than 32,000 colors. […]

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Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 2:47 PM

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E Ink Starting To Show New Filter-Free Full Color Displays Aimed At Digital Signage Market

Taiwan-based E Ink will be at the CEATAC trade show in Japan mid-month show off its new Advanced Color ePaper – call ACeP – which does full color at every pixel without the use of a color filter array, something used in its previous large format color displays. The company says: ACeP achieves a full color gamut, including all eight primary colors, using only colored pigments. […]

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Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 6:08 AM

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Sony To Debut Interactive Digital Signage Platform At CES: Report

Sony is reportedly planning to introduce an interactive digital signage platform at CES in Las Vegas in January that mashes up gesture sensors, augmented reality, audience analytics and signage. The Sony MITENE system has been around in Japan for several years, but a new 4K version will be shown and marketed in North America. […]

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Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 8:52 AM

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16:9: Panasonic Spin-Off Starts Demo’ing 8K Digital Signage Touch Tables

Source: Nikkie Asian Review The practical use-cases for 8K digital signage aren’t readily apparent, but a Japanese tech company owned in part by Panasonic is demonstrating just that – suggesting the demand for that is tied to the 2020 Olympics on Tokyo. […]

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Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 8:56 AM

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16:9: Mitsubishi Developing Tech That Puts “Display” In Mid-Air ( … Or Something)

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced development of an “aerial display” that is touted as being able to project images measuring approximately 56 inches diagonally into midair. The Japanese company suggests the technology would be commercially available by 2020, and be relevant to use cases like digital signage and entertainment. […]

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Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 3:18 PM

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16:9: Tablet Choir Does Beethoven’s Ode To Joy

And here we have 300 tablets all synced together, with Android avatars, singing Beethoven’s Ode To Joy as part of a Google Japan promotion. Extroverts at a shopping mall in Japan, where this was installed this week, got a T-shirt if they tried conducting the choir, via a gesture sensor. Digital signage? […]

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Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 12:05 AM

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16:9: Talking Flat Ladies Get Hotel Jobs In Japan

It looks like virtual mannequins have escaped from airport queues and hospital waiting rooms and found new work in hotels – or at least one opening this summer in Japan. A concept hotel at a theme park (surprise!) will feature robots the owners say will eventually do 90% of the work around the place. […]

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Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 11:23 AM

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