Monthly Archives: April 2017

Border kiosk – YVR develops next-generation BorderXpress kiosks

Vancouver International Airport (YVR) today announced its proprietary line of self-serve border control solutions, BorderXpress, has been expanded to meet the requirements of Canada Border Service Agency’s (CBSA) new Primary Inspection Kiosk (PIK) program. YVR will roll out 90 new PIK configured BorderXpress Kiosks in spring 2017. YVR is proud to be an integral part of CBSA’s objective… Read More »

Amazon Vending Machine Competitor Vicki

Amazon Vending Machine Apple has Siri. Amazon has Alexa. This summer Tom Murn will have Vicki, a vending machine endowed with artificial intelligence that will be popping up in college cafeterias, drugstores, hospital waiting rooms and offices around town, and could change the way New Yorkers shop. Shaped like an iPhone but as big as a refrigerator, the… Read More »

POP Design – ilumi® LED Smartbulbs, IoT market at retail.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New product, ilumi® LED Smartbulbs, enlightens the IoT market at retail. Grafton, WI, April 7, 2017 – ilumi® solutions, one of the fastest growing Internet of Things (IoT) companies, is introducing their LED Smartbulb technology with counter displays in electronics stores in both the U.S and Canada. Within the rapidly expanding smart home product category… Read More »

PCI Kiosk White Paper – Payment Processor

The Value of Payment Gateways for Kiosks When a merchant wants to accept payments through their unattended kiosk, they are faced with many processing choices and industry complexities.  Whether forming multiple direct integrations to processors or utilizing one-to-many processing solutions provided by middleware or gateways, kiosk operators and merchants have a lot to consider. A payment integration to… Read More »

Sneaker Kiosk Vending Contest

MALVERN, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–USA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:USAT) (“USAT”), a payment technology provider of cashless and mobile transactions in self-serve retail, today announced that Sneaker Syndicate, a high-end athletic shoe boutique in Orlando, Florida, has launched a series of self-serve amusement kiosks that allow consumers to win sneakers, which leverage USAT’s ePort Connect® cashless payment systems. According to AnythingResearch, the… Read More »

DMV Kiosk – MVD Self-Service Kiosk Digital

DMV Kiosk Arizona KINGMAN – Who doesn’t want to save time and avoid standing in line? Fifty-one percent of all transactions done at the MVD can be completed at the self-service kiosk or the department’s online portal, ServiceArizona.com, said Douglas Nick, spokesman for the MVD. Customers can take their vehicle registration notice and scan the bar code into… Read More »

New self-service border kiosks launching at Ottawa

OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – March 17, 2017) – Canada Border Services Agency Today, the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and Mark Laroche, Ottawa International Airport Authority President and CEO, announced that Primary Inspection Kiosks will be operating at the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport starting Monday, March 20, 2017. Minister Goodale also announced that… Read More »

Retail Kiosks – Five Improvements for Dealer Display

Retail Kiosks News Designing displays for dealer networks in the flooring, paint, and home improvement industries can be challenging. Here are five things for retail kiosks you should consider, from Sales, Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc. 1. How much square footage is available? 2. How often does product need to be removed and reinserted? 3. How many samples will be included… Read More »

VR Kiosks – How Big Is The Virtual Reality Market?

2016 was a pivotal year for VR but how big is the industry right now? Here are some figures that show who shipped what…but that’s not the fina

Source: www.forbes.com

There are currently two main categories of VR currently available: mobile (Samsung/Google) and PC (Oculus). Facebook believes there is another space in the middle of the spectrum and is working on a cheaper device. Intel is also working a headset called Project Alloy.