Monthly Archives: November 2014

IBM’s Watson, Mayo Team Up on Initiative

Watson’s next stop is the Mayo Clinic, as the famous IBM creation will be assisting in a new initiative that aims to match patients more quickly with the appropriate clinical trials. The pilot is set to launch in early 2015. Source: www.healthcare-informatics.com Since appearing on Jeopardy! a few years ago, IBM has brought the artificial intelligence computer system… Read More »

DMV in a Box deployment & ROI numbers

Raley’s locations in Reno and Sparks are set to unveil a new “DMV in a Box” kiosks. Source: www.mynews4.com According to DMV officials, DMV customers completed 577,771 transactions at kiosks during fiscal year 2014. These are customers who otherwise would have waited in line to be served by a technician. The total number of transactions completed on the… Read More »

Slabb’s new Kiosk Model is Featured by Avanti Markets

One of three kiosk models recently added to Slabb’s product line is being launched by Avanti Markets as an Executive Countertop option for their clients. | Virtual Strategy Magazine is an online publication devoted entirely to virtualization technologies. Source: www.virtual-strategy.com The X2S comes with a 15” LCD with Sound Acoustic Wave (SAW) touchscreen, a bill acceptor, swipe card… Read More »

Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles to trial new self-serve biometric kiosk

Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles is trialing self-serve biometric kiosks that will enable customers to bypass the long lines, according to a report by Telegram.com. “It frees up our custome… Source: www.biometricupdate.com Oddly enough in addition to verifying the identities of customers, the new kiosks will also notify customers to get their hair out of your face, take off… Read More »

True Religion Goes Omnichannel

John Hazen thinks a lot of shoppers are put off by various retailers’ experiments with omnichannel—in particular, the kiosks used in omnichannel-focused stores. These kiosks typically find uses ranging from viewing a brand’s full collection to completing a sale. Retailers such as Staples use kiosks. Source: www.apparelnews.net These people take a different tack and engineer the kiosk so… Read More »