Category Archives: Members KMA

Member of The Kiosk Industry Group which acts as the professional news and marketing website for the kiosk and self-service industry. We are funded by those companies for the benefit of developers, resources and client companies interested in self-service, kiosks, thin or internet terminals and POS systems.

Digital Menu Boards — Panasonic ClearConnect™ Restaurant Solutions

Digital Menu Boards for Drive-Thru Restaurants Editors note: Drive-thru is becoming the new norm given the effect of the pandemic. McDonald’s already gets 75% of their sales from Drive Thru.ย  Historically restaurants have drawn from a diverse set of providers for all the various components that comprise a drive-thru solution. Get the screens from A, the software fromโ€ฆ Read More »

McDonalds Kiosks – ZIVELO and Dell Technologies Partner

ZIVELO STRENGTHENS ITS FULL-SERVICE TURN-KEY KIOSK SOLUTIONS WITH INDUSTRY COLLABORATION ย ZIVELO collaborates with Dell Technologies OEM Solutions to revolutionize self-service kiosks SCOTTSDALE, AZ (May 2, 2019) โ€“ย World-class kiosk manufacturer ZIVELO (best known for providing kiosks to the largest fast-food chains across North America) joins theย Dell Technologies OEMย to allow its clients to purchase ZIVELOโ€™s digital solutions through their existingโ€ฆ Read More »

Inclusive Kiosks – McDonalds Kiosks Incorporating Vispero

Updated – McDonald’s Kiosks Adds Accessibility More information on McDonalds incorporating screen reader software from Vispero. JAWS Kiosk will allow blind and low vision users the ability to interact with a self order kiosk by inserting headphones into the headphone jack, located on the navigation pad, which will then navigate the kiosk screen, reading the content as theyโ€ฆ Read More »

Self-Service Kiosk Market Research Report To Be Formally Released in Feb 2021 – Sign Up

Introduction Self-Service Kiosk Research Report 2021 The Kiosk Association has been working with a major research firm on putting together a comprehensive and vetted self-service kiosk market research reportย  and the release of the report is due in February. We are in final review with the data firm providing our input. Over 50 companies participated. There have beenโ€ฆ Read More »

OptConnect Launches IoT Smart Embedded Modem™ for IoT Managed Services

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. (PRWEB)ย MAY 13, 2019 OptConnect, a longtime leader in managed wireless services, today announced its formal launch into the Internet of Things (IoT) market with the creation of a patent-pending smart embedded modem™ for IoT, OptConnect ema™. OptConnectโ€™s combination of a smart embedded modem™ plus fully managed services is the first โ€œConnectivity-as-a-Serviceโ€ offering in the IoTโ€ฆ Read More »

Self-Checkout Kiosks by FEC

We welcome our latest Gold sponsor, FEC. Four sizes & resolutions to fulfill different needs Standalone, Desktop or Wall-mount Expand your in-store aisles or your menu board to expand sales Device flexibility to expand kiosk capabilities Windows or Android Contact information โ€‹Mark Buenaventura FEC USA 41668 Christy St. Fremont, CA 94538 Tel: 510-683-9188 www.fecpos.com www.youtube.com/user/FECPOS About FEC FECโ€ฆ Read More »

NRF Best Payment Kiosk Innovation Finalist – PopID Pay By Face – Facial Payment

Facial Payment Kiosk Technology NRF 2022ย  NRFย and the Vendor In Partnership (VIP)ย Awards have forged a partnership for VIP Awards for NRF 2022.ย  Solutions will be recognized and celebrated by hundreds of retail professionals at NRF 2022 taking place on January 15th, 2022 Datacap in conjunction with the Kiosk Association has enteredย PopID in the Best Payment Innovation. It isโ€ฆ Read More »

New Kiosk Model From Evoke Creative Supplier for McDonalds

New Standard Kiosk from Evoke Creative Introducing the most modular and customizable kiosks weโ€™ve ever created here at Evoke. This versatile unit allows you to choose how it looks, feels, and operates, creating a true representation of your brand. The EV SERVE is our brand-new standalone kiosk for the hospitality sector. Its adaptable design permits the option forโ€ฆ Read More »

Facial Payment – PopID and SoftBank to Launch PopPay In Japan – Wendy’s

Wendys and Pay by Face Seen on BusinessWire and Yahoo Finance PASADENA, Calif. & TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PopID, Japan Computer Vision (“JCV”, a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp), and Wendy’s First Kitchen (“WFK”) announced today the launch of PopPay – PopID’s face-recognition-based ordering and payment system – in Tokyo, Japan. As a first step in the launch, Wendy’s First Kitchen locationsโ€ฆ Read More »

First Responder Kiosk – Emergency Supply Lockers for “Stop the Bleed”

New use case aims to help โ€˜Stop the Bleedโ€™ and provide emergency supplies for first responders. Did you know that uncontrolled bleeding was the leading cause of potentially preventable death among trauma patients? Or that it only takes five minutes for a person the die from traumatic blood loss? How about that 60,000 Americans die from blood lossโ€ฆ Read More »

November Kiosk News

Kiosk Manufacturer News November DENVER, Colo., Nov. 23, 2021ย  โ€” November news from the Industry Group and Kiosk Association. Events and Features This Month: First Responder Lockers and Kiosk; Bill Payment Kiosk Review; and McDonalds Deploys Accessibility to self-order kiosks. PRNewswire and APnews Events and Features This Month *ย First Responder Lockers and Kioskย โ€” Our feature story on innovativeโ€ฆ Read More »

The Industry Group Website Announced

From The Industry Group Nov2021 The Industry Group Announces Self-Service Technology Coverage The Industry Group is a network of news dedicated to technology in the self-service market. This includes websites, magazines and social sites such as LinkedIn Here is a list of news we cover: Kiosk Industry Groupย โ€” all things to do with kiosks, particularly members of KMAโ€ฆ Read More »

Public Safety Kiosk Includes Locker Solution – CR+M

First Responder Kiosk Doubles as Lockers and Advertising Point Writeup on Sixteen:Nine by Dave Haynes We are doing an in-depth article on CR+M but not surprisingly Sixteen:Nine published an insightful post on new public safety kiosk from CR+M. In Brief LA-area manufacturerย Olea working with Community Response + Mitigation โ€“ on an outdoor-rated dual-sided 55-inch display totem that hasโ€ฆ Read More »

Best Kiosk Software – Intuiface Next Generation interactive experience creation

Next Generation interactive experience creation with Intuiface We welcome Geoffrey andย  Intuiface as a 2 Year Bronze Sponsor.ย  Very robust authoring environment coupled with rapid application development (aka no coding required — all drag and drop templates).ย  Complete portfolio of project videos to see end results.ย  The extremely wide ecosystem for full-service provider partners is unparalleled in ourโ€ฆ Read More »

PSA Kiosk – FBI Raids Chinese Point-of-Sale Giant PAX Technology

Kiosks Public Service Announcement – POS Terminals and PAX Originally from Krebs Oct 26 Updates: Statement from PAX Oct 27th (see below) PAX Security Executive Resigns a Day After FBI Raids on Offices American Banker “The Bloomberg Article” –Worldpay Switches to Verifone and Ingenico due to “unsatisfactory answers”. Worth noting fewer than 5% of Worldpay clients currently useโ€ฆ Read More »

Payment Kiosk News – Updating Pulse Machines with Modern Card Reader

Solution for Coin-Operating Machines with the OTI Trio Blog entry on UCP Inc. Coin-operated pulse machines were introduced in the early 1880s and have been an integral part of our lives in a variety of ways since that time. The application following their creation was considered significantly diverse, being used for car washes, laundromats, kiddie rides, arcade games,โ€ฆ Read More »

Shopping Mall Kiosks – In The Wild

Credit to Insight Touch Nice enclosure wrap for the self-service stations in the mall. Well lighted and transactions queued visually. Quote from Rachel at Insight:ย  21.5-inch Touch AIO computers are used in shopping mall self-service terminals, 1920X1080DPI LCD, 10-point PCAP touch, Intel CPU supports Windows 10 OS, looks awesome! More Information In the Wild โ€“ Simon Outlet Mallโ€ฆ Read More »

Self-Checkout Kiosk for Grocery Stores Planned Rollout Huck’s

Self-Checkout Kiosk News – Ingenico From CSP Daily news Skips Checkout kiosks announces new deployment checkout deal with Hucks. In Brief relatively young company Skip Started as “pay with your mobile phone” app Venmo and Paypal original support They don’t identify the exact version. There are rendering/simulations of grocery checkout and also countertop Includes an Ingenico ISMP4 mobileโ€ฆ Read More »

Kiosk ADA — Call for Comments on Voting Kiosks

See KMA.Global post NIST Seeks Public Comment on Recommendations The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requests public comments onย theย Draft of Promoting Access to Voting: Recommendations for Addressing Barriers to Private and Independent Voting for People with Disabilities. Underย Executive Order 14019ย on Promoting Access to Voting, NIST is directed to identify barriers to private and independent voting forโ€ฆ Read More »

Kiosk Accessibility – McDonalds Kiosk Article

Screen Reader Kiosk News All company-owned restaurants to offer screen-reader on their kiosks by 2022 In Brief Mounting new keypads and headphone jacks to the touch-screen kiosks it introduced in 2015. Blind users can connect their headphones to the system and browse the digital menu using screen-reader technology and tactile arrow buttons, adding items to their basket byโ€ฆ Read More »

Thermal Printer Kiosk News – How To Avoid Chargebacks and Dispute

Thermal Printer News From StarMicronics Blog on Thermal Printer Receipts As a business owner in the modern competitive economic landscape, the bottom line means everything. In todayโ€™s blog post, explore what chargebacks are, their prevalence, and how you can use printed receipts to avoid and dispute them โ€“ saving you money and increasing your bottom line. What isโ€ฆ Read More »

Patient Check In Offer Contactless Patient Workflows

From Patientkiosk.io Contactless Kiosk Patient Workflow News Fromย Olea websiteย Oct2021 The CERTIFY Care platform now integrates with Oleaโ€™s self-service healthcare kiosks for a satisfying and convenient patient experience.ย ย  CERTIFY Health provides healthcare organizations with modernized solutions to optimize patient care and experience, from onboarding to check-in and payments. This includes CERTIFY Care, an omnichannel digital platform that streamlines patientโ€ฆ Read More »

How Patient Sign-in Kiosks Can Combat COVID-19

Patient Check-In Kiosk News Streamline the Patient Sign-in Process and COVID-19 Protocols with Self-Service Kiosks or Tablets To help combat COVID-19, a self-service patient sign-in kiosk or tablet can streamline new COVID-19 protocols and can even be touchless to keep patients and employees safe. Patient check-in kiosks can automate COVID-19 procedures, sign patients in and offer secure EMVโ€ฆ Read More »

McDonald’s Kiosk News – Delivering More Accessible With Storm

McDonald’s Kiosk Accessibility News In Brief Public announcement by McDonald’s they are intent on addressing accessibility AudioNav selected by McDonald’s More specific details on an implementation schedule, company-owned versus franchisees, new kiosk versus existing kiosks expected prior to NRF 2022 which at the KMA Booth 1606 Storm will be showing the latest in accessibility technology. Worth noting thatโ€ฆ Read More »

RFID Readers for EV Chargers: Six Questions to Ask

EV Charging Station Technology News By Sean Houchin, ELATEC Intro The electric vehicle (EV) charging market is growing at lightning speed, both in the U.S. and globally. As both consumers and government and commercial fleets transition to electric, membership-based charging stations are popping up in employee parking lots, tenant parking garages and public areas. Many of these EVโ€ฆ Read More »

Epic Welcome Kiosk That is Truly Height Adjustable

From PatientKiosk August 2021 Olea Kiosksยฎ, Inc. Delivers Height Adjustable Austin Kiosk for Healthcare Patient Kiosk Check-In Newsย from Olea Kiosks August 2021 Patient Kiosk Check-In Adjustable Height Olea Kiosksยฎ Inc., today, announced the addition of its height-adjustable base for the Austin series kiosk.ย  This new addition is available for ordering now. With more than 2500 units in theโ€ฆ Read More »