Monthly Archives: July 2022

ADA Kiosks – Senate Testimony on Accessible Federal Technology & Title III

How To Improve Accessibility – Testimony by Eve Hill July 2022 Testimony of Eve Hill during Senate Hearing. She calls out the Social Security Administration intake kiosks, calls for enforcement tools among other things and ending the immunity of the federal government for its wide-ranging violations. Interesting point raised “if Access Board is given enforcement authority”. Many thanks… Read More »

ADA Kiosks – Telehealth Acccessibility Guidelines HHS and DOJ

Telehealth Accessibility As we commemorate the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are partnering to publish guidance on the protections in federal nondiscrimination laws, including the ADA, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of… Read More »

OS Neutral Payment Devices for OS Agnostic Payment Kiosks

OS-Neutral Payment Devices The next generation payment devices really don’t care what OS you are running. You could be running Flex, Linux, Android or Windows for that matter.  You do need an Ethernet or Bluetooth connection though.  Cloud payment systems have come a long way from Avalara and website e-commerce.  Now cloud-based payment unifies mobile pay devices which… Read More »

Kiosk Machine – Automated Vending Cocktail Tended Bar

Facial Payment Kiosk Vending From SportsTechie — TendedBar, the automated cocktail machine that uses facial recognition to process drink orders, will be implemented at Empower Field at Mile High for Denver Broncos homes games this upcoming NFL season. The stadium began using TendedBar at concerts earlier this summer in partnership with Aramark Sports + Entertainment and will debut TendedBar’s new digital age verification tool for Saturday’s Red… Read More »

Will EV Charging Station Infrastructure Be Ready for EV Charging?

From EV-Charging-Stations.org EV Charging Station Infrastructure – Will It Be Ready? July 2022 By Mike Harris, ELATEC Inc. The California Air Resources Board recently announced a new goal of tripling electric vehicle (EV) sales over the next four years, reaching 35 percent of all new vehicle sales in the state by 2026. An executive order is already in… Read More »

Kiosk Printers – Microcom Catalog of Thermal Printers

Kiosk Printer Catalog Thermal kiosk printers are available from many dedicated manufacturers. Microcom has the mission: To create long term customer relationships by engineering and manufacturing the industry’s most cost effective and highest quality thermal printing solutions. American-made makes a difference too in quality and availability. Microcom offers a wide range of customization to fit exactly the kiosk… Read More »

Digital Signage CMS Platform – Version 7 Released by 22Miles

Digital Signage CMS Platform Introduction Peachtree Corners, GA – July 20, 2022 – 22Miles, a global leader in visual communications and interactive experiences, today launches the latest iteration of its Content Manager software. Content Manager V7 enables users to design, control and deploy content for videowalls, digital signage, kiosks, wayfinding and mobile devices – all from an upgraded… Read More »

Payment Kiosks – Multi-Processor Payment by Datacap & PAX

Attended and Unattended Payment JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 21, 2022 – PAX Technology, Inc., a leading global payment solution provider, is pleased to announce its partnership with Datacap, leading hardware and processor-agnostic omnichannel payments gateway in North America. Together, PAX and Datacap can now provide Point of Sale technology partners with a ready-to-install integration into PAX’s PxRetailer software, an… Read More »

EV Charging Recommendations by U.S. Access Board

From U.S. Access Board July 2021 The U.S. Access Board, an independent federal agency that issues accessibility guidelines under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Architectural Barriers Act (ABA), Rehabilitation Act of 1973 , and other laws, is providing a technical assistance document to assist in the design and construction of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations that are accessible to and usable by… Read More »

How Popular is Self-Checkout at Supermarkets

Self-Checkout or Not to Self-Checkout? CNN ran an article on “Nobody likes self-checkout”. It made some good points albeit short on any backfill data to support. It hinged on study by an academic and built a negative narrative around that. Covering it ss the only way to make our own balanced viewpoint more balanced. The premise “nobody likes”… Read More »

Regulatory News – ADA Kiosk, POS Kiosks, and EV Charging Update

Updated Regulatory Information for Kiosks, POS and EV Charging – June 2022 The big news is that the U.S. Access Board has announced its next session which include EV Charging Stations, Kiosks and POS. Not quite sure of the difference between information transaction machines and kiosks but we will find out. For more updates and information contact [email protected]Read More »