From Forbes Oct2020 — Article quotes new Australian research study on the effect of temperature on persistence of SARS-CoV-2 on common surfaces such as stainless steel, paper, glass, cotton, vinyl and polymer. The main point is that surfaces which are relatively cool are going to be more prone to harboring infection. 68 degrees F is comfortable for the… Read More »
Intel Solutions Marketplace Kiosk Solutions If you are looking for a qualified kiosk solution then you should browse the Intel Solutions Marketplace for Intel-qualified kiosk solutions. Member entries include: Bill Pay Kiosk Outdoor Drive Thru Kiosk Access Control Kiosk Temperature COVID Catalog (22 solutions + software) Polytouch Flex Android Device Management (Esper) Interactive Wayfinding Bring Android to x86… Read More »
North America’s Largest Independent Service and Integration Provider for Payment and Transaction Technology Burroughs, Inc. is the largest independent service and integration provider for payment and transaction technologies in North America with a 134-year history of innovation and support. From the first adding machine to today’s most complex cash automation, they’ve seen and helped drive numerous evolutions in… Read More »
The FDA issued new guidance on the use of thermal imaging systems, temperature check and fever detection. See here for full article. As discussed further below, scientific studies support that certain telethermographic systems, also known as thermal imaging systems, may be used to measure surface skin temperature. These systems include an infrared thermal camera and may have a… Read More »
Nice article on/with Paul Brown, the CEO of Inspire Brands by Elliot at KMC. If you operate or manage restaurants register directly here for webinar today at 3:30 EDT. Excerpt: On Tuesday, attendees at the MUFSO virtual conference will have a chance to hear from a leader of one of the more innovative restaurant companies when Paul Brown,… Read More »
KioWare Touchless Touch Screen Kiosk Software News release by KioWare 10/22/2020 In 2019 a study showed just how unsanitary quick-service restaurant kiosks are and how kiosks can put customers at risk for picking up a range of harmful bacteria. Shortly after this study was released the development team at KioWare began designing KioTouch, a touchless kiosk interface. Using KioTouch,… Read More »
Updated Fever Tablet Temperature Screening Relabelers & Sensors Thanks to IPVM for the hard work! Fever Tablet Chinese Relabelers – Aug 20 IPVM has found 40+ USA and EU companies relabeling fever tablets designed, developed, and made in China, identifying 7 main China suppliers, excluding Dahua and Hikvision, who supply the overwhelming majority of western brands. In this… Read More »
Read the full post at Nanonation website – Nov2020 Nebraska Army National Guard + Virtual Reality | Part 1 Excerpt Nanonation is partnering with the Nebraska Army National Guard to bring a Virtual Reality (VR) experience to their recruiting efforts. Through the partnership, Nanonation has been able to understand the process in which young men and women are… Read More »
New Patient Check-In Kiosk – Tilting Top Monitor From LinkedIn post by Frank Olea CEO. Healthcare Check-in Kiosks on the line today. This is a special version of the Austin where the screen and camera can be tilted up and down by the user. olea-healthcare-austin from Kiosk Manufacturer Association on Vimeo. More Information Outdoor Kiosk Model Geneva by… Read More »
Enhancing the Visitors’ Experience with Omnichannel Retail Technologies Powered by enhanced features, Acquire Digital’s Shelf-Edge, Endless Aisle, and Retail Wayfinding solutions are transforming the shopping experience in brick and mortar stores. From the AcquireDigital Blog — During the initial months of 2020, retailers dealing with essentials were left with very little time to act and put in measures… Read More »
McDonalds Drive-Thru Kiosks During recent COVID months, Evoke Creative and McDonalds self-serve has been busy developing and manufacturing over 2,000 new drive-thru car side kiosks and digital order confirmation screens for McDonald’s self-serve kiosks for customers. With drive-thru seeing an obvious surge in popularity, is this now the blueprint for all out of town QSRs? Fantastic to be… Read More »
PCI SSC Technical FAQs for use with Version 6 A new November update to the PCI SSC Technical FAQs has been issued. It is listed below. We have also listed some other interesting questions. For a full copy of this document, it is provided by the PCI Security Standards Council November 2020: POI devices must support one or… Read More »
Retailers who offer contactless payments have a lot to gain. New research shows that nearly two thirds of consumers globally prefer shopping with merchants who accept contactless payments! Future-proof your income while lowering vending downtime, cash handling costs, theft and security concerns. Take TRIO-IQ, an intelligent, modular combo platform that works with all Payment options: QR Codes, custom app… Read More »
Datacap and Dash Now enable Text-to-Pay (eCommerce transactions) alongside card-present payments for any Point of Sale via Datacap’s NETePay Hosted™ platform. No hardware or mobile app required. Editor Note: This type of transaction is very common. Calling into order is likely the most common way of ordering. We order food regularly from restaurants and unless you are a loyal customer and… Read More »
Reported on Venture Beat Jan2021 Excerpt: Enterprise-focused visitor management software provider iLobby has raised $100 million in a round of funding from Insight Partners. Despite the rapid push to embrace remote working in 2020, many — if not most — businesses will likely return to physical office spaces in some capacity once it’s safe to do so. And, of course, some businesses… Read More »
First time for everything. Here is another example of business taking the transaction to the consumer. A variant on home delivery. From outside the US (that figures…) — Mobile branch #Instant #Card #Issuance is the hottest solution on the market helping onboard and issue any financial EMV, Telco Sim and National ID cards in real-time. This brings a new angle to… Read More »
By Troy Engelland Strategic Sales Manager at Acquire Digital Let’s face it, the retail and shopping experience is changing at lightning-fast speeds to keep up with changing consumer habits and technology innovations. Nowadays, everything we want is at our fingertips, whether it’s groceries, new shoes, or a new car. We no longer need to visit a store; our… Read More »
We thought this was a nice graphic showing the various financial institutions. One question might be regarding this is where does Stripe fit in? US Financial Network From BusinessInsider The payment industry’s biggest trends in 2021—and the pandemic’s impact on digitization in the payments landscape The coronavirus pandemic accelerated payments industry digitization by two to three years.… Read More »
Wayfinder Wayfinding Good article by Tomer Mann of 22Miles on The New Standard for Wayfinding: Three Technology Features Improving the Visitor Experience. March/April 2021 Excerpt: Much has changed in the past year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. AV/IT managers, systems integrators, and facilities managers alike face a heavy set of expectations as they navigate new opportunities… Read More »
Assisted Drive-Thru Kiosk Selling – Menu Board with Live Video Insert From NRN — Bite Ninja lets foodservice companies dole out drive-thru shifts to trained salesperson freelancers working remotely in an Uber-like system. Editor Note: Putting Gig workers to work in advisory order-processing mode onscreen is a first. Normally this is addition to guided selling or customer service… Read More »
Read More: The Truth About Self-Serve Kiosks At Fast Food Restaurants Self-Service Fast Food Order Kiosks Transforming Customer Experience The same principles for self-order kiosks and increasing sales in fast-food restaurants work across market verticals. At an airline kiosk, a simple upsell to get better seating usually works for example. In hospitality its much easier to click off… Read More »
Self-Service Customer Experience Benefits New blog entry by Olea Kiosks Jun2021 Best Practices June 9, 2021 Consumer buying behaviors have evolved throughout recent years. Some of that is driven by technological advances, some by social and economic shifts, and some by consumers simply wanting more flexibility. Shortly after the pandemic started, people flocked to fast-food establishments because they… Read More »
Disney FastPass Kiosks Multiple news items and photos of FastPass+ Kiosks by Disney this week. Over on the “Blog Mickey” site we see photos of uncovered FastPass kiosks. Excerpt Of course, FastPass+ remains suspended at this time, and despite nearly each and every COVID-19 measure being rolled back or removed, Disney still cites COVID-19 as the reason that… Read More »
Thanks to KDSEurope for publishing our Go Big or Go Small feature article Quick Links EDITOR’S NOTE NEWS A round-up of some of the latest kiosk and digital signage news to hit the editor’s inbox. THE MOMENT OF TRUTH Neil Anderson, Managing Director of Qcom Outsourcing explains how the effective rollout and installation of equipment can be… Read More »
Digital Directory Kiosk News From AJC – July 2021 Interactive signage and digital self-service solutions company, Acquire Digital has partnered with Flyin’ High Signs and Gable to deploy a Digital Directory and Wayfinder kiosk program for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, according to a press release. With nearly 300,000 daily travelers, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest international airport within North… Read More »
From CSNews July 2021 — Also CEFCO Full Release — In partnership with software company, Reji, LLC, and Olea Kiosks, CEFCO has launched fresh-food, self-ordering kiosks, featured in two CEFCO Kitchen stores enhancing customer service through made-to-order food offerings. Editors Note: Fresh food at C-Stores is one of the new differentiators. Custom ordering from the kitchen (or the… Read More »
SS Monthly – July 30, 2021 News this month has been more informal in nature Supply chain on several fronts is causing delays. Major touchscreen provider(s) are suffering a bit. We checked with multiple sources on availability and still lots of options though prices are a bit higher: AUO, Mimo, Insight, General Touch, TDS, Wells Gardner, Goldfinger, Suzohapp and… Read More »
EUDCC Kiosk News From EuroNews July 2021 In Brief EUDCC went into force July 2021 21 of 27 connected to network Grace period ends August 12 Kiosk implementations available now For more info contact [email protected] Article The EU’s Digital COVID certificate officially comes into force from today, 1 July. By Wednesday evening, 21 EU nations, out of the… Read More »
LG Supersign Digital Signage Solution For QSRs Read the full article on Sixteen-Nine.Net In Brief Display signage for retail qsr is the highest capital cost (aka big potato), albeit by themselves low margin Selling those though often means selling a bunch of “small potatoes”, many with much higher profit As Haynes sums it up — Recurring SaaS CMS… Read More »
From MCA with thanks to Sixteen:Nine — older article from fall 2020 but it shows countertop kiosks for orders. Worth noting that Taco Bell announced cantina kiosks at Times Square back in April 2021. This precedes that by 6 months. Nice gallery of pictures. Automated Restaurant Kiosks ala Taco Bell — Itsu ‘store of the future’ in pictures… Read More »
From PatientKiosk August 2021 Olea Kiosks®, Inc. Delivers Height Adjustable Austin Kiosk for Healthcare Patient Kiosk Check-In News from Olea Kiosks August 2021 Patient Kiosk Check-In Adjustable Height Olea Kiosks® Inc., today, announced the addition of its height-adjustable base for the Austin series kiosk. This new addition is available for ordering now. With more than 2500 units in the… Read More »
Kiosk Accessibility News See m-enabling website — The Kiosk Manufacturer Association is an exhibitor and sponsor for the upcoming Summit. In Brief Keynote — Sachin Dev Pavithran, Ph.D. Executive Director U.S. Access Board Sponsors – Google, AT&T, Verizon, Microsoft, Amazon, HP and KMA Health Protocols — GREEN (exceeds CDC) Expected attendees – 250 to 500 high level attendees… Read More »
Kiosk Tradeshow News – What’s Coming Up? From PRNewswire and AP News InfoComm (AVIXA) is the biggest digital signage AV show in the U.S. KMA is an official media partner. See a list of exhibitors and information. We have rated this as a “green light” for safety given the safety protocols exceed the recommended CDC guidelines. October 27-29… Read More »
Municipal Payment Kiosk News Article posted on PaymentsDive Sep2021 In Brief CityBase used as the example here (youtube link) — Not sure if advertiser or not No mention of U.S. Payments or DivDat or JACK/Adcomp for that matter surprisingly With the install of 30 in Chicago current total is up to 74 kiosks and plans are to raise… Read More »
Touchless Kiosk News – Contactless Card Reader From Impulsify September 2021 In Brief New hospitality kiosk, contactless, which is designed for hotel food pantries and gift shops. Scan below and Pay and Go is the mantra and it makes a lot of sense. Having to wait in line for a bottle of water at the hotel can be… Read More »
