Meeting the ADA Kiosk compliance challenge Article from KioskMarketplace July 2014 For Greg Buzek, president of Franklin, Tennessee-based research firm IHL Group, ADA compliance makes good business sense for kiosk operators. “Understanding your customers means being able to accommodate all of them,” Buzek said. “This is particularly true whenever kiosk are deployed in stores. Retailers lose $435 billion… Read More »
Blog article on designing kiosk application to scale. Creating a kiosk application capable of scaling from a handful of kiosks at a single location, up to thousands of kiosks spread across multiple regions requires that you design for scalability from day one.
Source: blog.kiosksimple.com
1. Offload computation to the kiosk to reduce the workload on the server
2. Choose the right database engine based on the nature of your data
3. Use a reliable content delivery network with geo-location to rapidly deliver content
Kiosk FAQ is intended to answer those questions that we are asked frequently, no surprise there. Kiosk Mode Kiosk Best Practice Report on Usage of USPS kiosks usps- report.pdf Eliminate admin accounts in the OS. Learn from others How to Setup Kiosk Mode Chrome Kiosk Mode versus Kiosk software — Link How to do kiosk mode on Nexus 7 Setting Kiosk… Read More »
Is That You, Kiosk? I Hardly Recognize You Remember when your phone was something that you used to talk to other people? It didn’t store numbers, it was attached to a wall, and for some, even had a rotary dial. Now compare that to the phones of today. They record video, they connect you to the entire world,… Read More »
EMV Capable Card Readers, PIN Pads and Contactless Readers for Self-Service Kiosks Jan 2014 — The following is a list of EMV capable card readers, PIN pads and contactless card readers that are designed specifically for self-service environments like a kiosk. As we’re beginning research and development on adding EMV capabilities to our US-based kiosk applications it makes sense to take inventory of… Read More »
Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc. is one of our founding charter sponsors of the Kiosk Industry Group. A short profile follows. Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc. Kiosks Frank Mayer kiosks are the gateway to connecting with consumers at retail. A authentic kiosk experience includes online sales, product demonstrations, consumer behavior tracking, mobile applications, employment, and much more. Founded… Read More »
iPad Kiosk Ergonomics and what is a tall user versus a short user is addressed in reprinted blog entry from Lilitab iPad Kiosk Ergonomics Explained We frequently get questions along the lines of “Can really tall people use your iPad kiosks?“, “Can children use your kiosks” or alternately “We need telescoping iPad kiosks so users can adjust the… Read More »
Sears 2015 Interactive In-Store Displays Last week I took a walking tour of the local Sears. My tour was thru appliances and the main crux was to look at all the tablet information stations mounted on the appliances. The tablets are 7 inch Android designed and manufactured by CTS (Connected Technology Solutions). Sears has installed around 10,000 of… Read More »
Editors Note: We have known Neil Nguyen of Kiosk Innovations for over 15 years and his team is one of the most skilled and innovative self-service kiosk & digital signage design firms we know. Denver, CO – 09/20/16 — Kiosk Innovations is proud to announce the launch of our new website! A great deal of time and effort went… Read More »
Kiosk Software Basics – Part 2 Kiosk Security Welcome to the second article in my series on kiosk software development. My goal for this series of articles is to give an overview on the basics of developing kiosk software that’s both a joy for your customers to use and adheres to the guidelines of PCI-Compliance. This is more of a… Read More »
Cool project. 2016 JFK Digital Wayfinding project by OpenEye Global and Ikoniq. Background Ikoniq has a relationship with Westfield and has done a few projects together starting with something called the Wall Shop in Newark Airport. It is a retail store to help local businesses get access to the airport facility. Giving back to the community, per se.… Read More »
A very nice article on usability and design by Digital Wellbeing Labs. This is earlier review of earlier iterations of the “cool unit” that was just deployed at JFK. Posted by agrunsteidl on 12/12/08 • Categorized as interactions, retail environments, service design Why do some kiosks appeal, whilst others are frankly just repulsive? I have this weird relationship with… Read More »
Christian Nitu and Cory Finney sold their company to Best Lockers, a 46-year-old Maryland firm with personal electronic lockers in water parks, amusement parks and ski resorts across the country. They aren’t talking about the details of the deal, but Nitu called it “a moral victory.” Link to story Also see the Denver Post article The two former… Read More »
Finding information on building a kiosk from scratch is difficult. Where should you even begin? There’s a lot to try and figure out. Software. Hardware. Integration. Deployment. As a fun project, I decided to try and forget everything that I’ve learned about kiosks and start from the beginning. Thankfully, forgetting everything came pretty naturally to me. Essentially—I wanted my mind to be a blank slate. So, like everyone else, I started with Google. My first search query was “developing a kiosk from scratch”, and the results were a bit disappointing. The only one that really grabbed by attention was a case study from Elo Touch Solutions titled “Strategies for Successful Kiosk Implementation.” In the case study, Elo did a great job of talking about the growth of the kiosk industry, suggestions for kiosk deployment, and the importance of touch technologies. But as you can imagine, since Elo is a for-profit company it was skewed towards their technology.
Source: arca.com
We are forming a new advisory user group to help “advise” on the best direction for the kiosk industry site. The kiosk industry group is for companies which are involved in kiosks and self-service. Through research, regulatory information, commentary or just the news, the kiosk industry group fosters the use and adoption of kiosks in self-service. Being on… Read More »
RedyRef Interactive Kiosks launches the enGAGE™ line of standard kiosks that can be used as it exists or be semi-customized to meet the component requirements of any kiosk application. Riverdale, New Jersey. – March 5, 2015 – RedyRef, a turn-key self-service kiosk solution provider announced that they have launched the enGAGE™ line of standard kiosks which features… Read More »
How to Design a Responsive Kiosk User Interface – Part 1 A responsive kiosk user interface is a crucial component of developing a kiosk application that’s a pleasure for your customers to use. If your kiosk’s user interface appears sluggish, you can expect your customers will opt for interacting with a cashier, which defeats the purpose of having a self-service… Read More »
The UK’s only conference and exhibition completely dedicated to the self-service industry returns to The Barbican Centre on the 15th-16th October 2014. This will be the show’s fourth year and with all of the U.K’s leading solutions providers exhibiting this year, it is promising to be an exciting event. Source: www.kiosklondon.co.uk Co-located with Digital Signage London, the show… Read More »
AmbiLED HD adhesive strip – no additional cabling or construction needed. Attach the strip to the back of their monitor to enhance the experience. AmbiLED HD ontrols up to 256 LEDs . The adhesive LED strip basically projects the nearest color to the background to improve the viewer’s visual experience. Source link
Source: www.gov.uk