Digital Signage Archive

  • HP Introduces Interactive Technologies for Retailers

    Posted on January 10, 2011 | No Comments
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  • Coca Cola vending machine with 46-inch touchscreen

    Coca Cola vending machine with 46-inch touchscreen

    Posted on June 24, 2010 | No Comments
    If you needed more proof that touchscreens are becoming ubiquitous, look at these new vending machines Coca Cola is planning to set up in all over Japan by year-end. They feature 46-inch LCD touch panels (1m high, 57cm wide) instead of buttons or knobs.

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  • iPhone ARider: Futuristic iPhone-based HMD navigation system (video)

    iPhone ARider: Futuristic iPhone-based HMD navigation system (video)

    Posted on September 22, 2009 | No Comments
    It seems the iPhone really tickles the fancy of some Japanese gadget freaks. Following the DIY iPhone digital signage system bag, Tokyo-based Ubiquitous Entertainment now gives us something even cooler: The "iPhone ARider", a futuristic, portable navigation system. The ARider, an experimental project, mainly consists of an iPhone 3GS and a retractable head-mounted display (model T3-A by Scalar Corporation).

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  • Western Digital shrinks the WD TV down to a portable size with the Mini

    Western Digital shrinks the WD TV down to a portable size with the Mini

    Posted on August 18, 2009 | No Comments
    Apparently the WD TV wasn’t small enough. The geeks at Western Digital just outed the WD TV Mini that packages most of the original into an even smaller package.

    The main difference between the original and new Mini model is that the new one doesn’t have optical or HDMI output, only component and composite. But that [...]

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  • Meet An9-PR, the cutest multi-purpose robot out there

    Meet An9-PR, the cutest multi-purpose robot out there

    Posted on July 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Japan-based security company ALSOK has developed an adorable robot [JP] that fulfills not one but a number of different functions. The so-called An9-PR can be used as a guide to help people in shopping centers or office buildings, an autonomously moving digital signage system or for surveillance. It's the big brother of the An9-RR, which was introduced back in March. It features a simple electric bulletin board that's wrapped around its head and a total of three LCD screens built into its body (one 19-incher is on the front and there are two 12-inchers on the back). People can view ads, information on buildings and other information on these (touch) screens.

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  • Geek designs iPhone-powered digital signage bag

    Geek designs iPhone-powered digital signage bag

    Posted on June 18, 2009 | No Comments
    Japanese super geek Akio has single-handedly designed what he calls a digital signage bag specifically made for iPhones. It's essentially a bag with three pockets that fit an iPhone or iPod touch each and can serve as a promotion tool. At least in theory.

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  • i-Aroma: Japan wants to add fragrances to the web experience

    i-Aroma: Japan wants to add fragrances to the web experience

    Posted on June 17, 2009 | No Comments
    Releasing odors in movie theaters to enhance the viewing experience is an idea that's been around for decades now. Now NTT Communications, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan’s telecommunications behemoth NTT, takes the idea to another level: The company today announced the development of a "fragrance communication" system that makes it possible to send smells over the web.

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