Samsung EV Charging Stations from IoTecha & Samsung Not surprising to see Samsung hooking up with Iotecha for EV charging stations. And several Samsung partners have signed up as well. Synopsis – What you need to know Big market for large format outdoor displays and Samsung. You can see dual sided 55s being used in Volta/Peerless-AV. IoTecha’s Level… Read More »
DSE Digital Signage Experience Update DSE Tradeshow aka Digital Signage Experience explores every aspect of digital and interactive display technology, from concept and design to content and analytics. No matter what business you’re in or where you are on the adoption curve, the DSE tradeshow caters to your needs right now, providing access to hundreds of leading vendors of digital display,… Read More »
Restaurant Technology Tradeshow Denver Big return of CREATE to Denver. The Kiosk Association is a returning sponsor (three years now) – Sponsors these year are Johnsonville, Coca-Cola, and Tyson. Supporting sponsors include Revel, Stratcache, the Kiosk Association (KMA), Keurig/Dr. Pepper and Presto to name some. Date: September 19-21, 2022 Location: Sheraton Denver Are you a restaurant executive wanting… Read More »
Kiosk Privacy and HIPAA Kiosks are a highly effective way to interact with customers, but in healthcare settings, they must be handled carefully to avoid compliance, privacy and cybersecurity problems. [Feature image by Pyramid Computer] Sometimes, the mere existence of a kiosk at a certain location can itself reveal potentially protected and sensitive information. Consider a kiosk that… Read More »
RFID Readers Kiosks 2022 One of our members is ELATEC and RFID Reader for Kiosks, Self-Service, Employees and Warehousing is their business, and has been for 34 years. We’ve used and quoted their readers hundreds of times (figure $150 or less). Chris Corsbie is our member representative and we want to introduce their product line (albeit somewhat condensed… Read More »
Samsung Restaurant Displays, Outdoor and Kiosks We welcome Samsung as our latest Gold Sponsor. For more information you can email [email protected] Recommended Links Big Special is 75″ Interactive for classrooms (buy now link) — there is a page for interactive classroom products The Restaurant and QSR section is quite extensive Shop the Wall microLED display QLED 8K Signage… Read More »
Airport Kiosks Engineering Example – CLEAR Kiosks It’s good to see videos on LinkedIn by companies showing “what’s behind the curtain” so to speak. Most times people see the kiosk and discount the internal engineering and design that takes place. Serviceability, training and maintenance are huge factors in a long term self-service deployment. Part of the evolutionary process… Read More »
Healthcare Kiosk Demo Published on Healthcareittoday.com – Author John Lynn In Brief Nicky Shaw US Operations Manager at Storm Interface does the demo demonstration of accessibility device as part of check-in kiosk Inability to use the touchscreen is the benefit Kiosk has an Storm Audiopad installed on kiosk by Kiosk Innovations with screenreader software by Vispero (JAWS Kiosk)… Read More »
Smart City Dallas Example RFP Part of our continuing selection process for “Anatomy of an RFP” the current smart city deployment RFP in Dallas is a good example. This RFP will be awarded in July 2023. Docs Included: General RFP proposal Insurance requirements Locations for the kiosks Maps Revenue model spreadsheet MWBE Suppliers – (Minority/Women-Owned Business Enterprises) Kiosks… Read More »
EV Charging Station Digital Signage by LG and Broadsign Multi-Partner Collaboration Streamlines EV Charger Deployment, Management, and Advertising, Helping Property Owners to Maximize Revenue ORLANDO, Fla., June 15, 2023 — LG Business Solutions USA has unveiled an attractive new digital signage display for public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, an integrated solution that is expected to help maximize… Read More »
Generative AI: Coming soon to a kiosk near you The most talked about technology this year–generative AI, which is behind ChatGPT, BingChat, Google Bard and dozens of other implementations–is likely to be talking right from the speaker of most kiosks quite soon. With some simple limitations to avoid it hallucinating the kiosk into big trouble, GenAI could take… Read More »
Kiosk Authentication Is Getting Trickier As kiosks are handling more sensitive and compliance-controlled data–as well as literally giving users money and other high-value items–robust authentication is critical. But robust in the kiosk realm cannot mean time-consuming or in any other way deliver friction. Done properly, biometrics can address both, but there are significant tradeoffs between the various biometric… Read More »
Casino Player Loyalty Kiosks by Olea Went to Pala this weekend and was sad to see the kiosks we made like 15 years ago finally got pulled. They got replaced by these Everi machines which we also designed. We did them for Atrient who was bought by Everi. I think they did a nice job in updating them… Read More »
InfoComm 2023: Peerless-AV® Preview ByPeerless-AV Team Jun 7, 2023 AV innovators will be traveling from around the world to share the latest products at InfoComm 2023 in Orlando. Peerless-AV is cannot wait to showcase the current product lineup, including dvLED video wall mounts, outdoor TVs/displays, kiosks and digital menu boards, new launches, and more at Booth 1329. Here… Read More »
Samsung Kiosk New Partner Applova Samsung adds another integration/software partner to its QSR kiosk ecosystem. Rolling Stone pizza is the front page brag for Applova. Integrated with clover, Square, Go Daddy, power, Toast, NCR Aloha and Oracle micros. Applova also uses the Elotouch countertop it looks like (or did). Hard to say which OS for ELO but the… Read More »
Outdoor Kiosk for Smart City We recently did a review and questionnaire for KISTI on some new technology for outdoor. To be sure this is PRE-LAUNCH-ENGINEERING review. Availability in Korea should be in fall. Whether it makes it to the US or Europe is another question altogether. Our guess is people such as LG, Samsung and even BOE… Read More »
Vispero/TPGi Listed in AWS Marketplace for the U.S. Intelligence Community Couple of news items for screen reader news, both from Vispero, the leader with JAWS Kiosk software. From PRnewswire — Vispero/TPGi Software now available to 18 U.S. Intelligence Agencies in AWS Marketplace CLEARWATER, Fla., June 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Vispero® and TPGi®, global leaders in accessibility software and services, today announced the… Read More »
ADA Regulations Update June 2023 June 15, 2023 — New updated dates for US Access Board NPRMs for EV and POS. Also, ANSI has just released their new EV standards, which include ADA considerations. Thanks to Steve Taylor with TaylorPOS for reminding us of the NPRM dates. Useful reference links: SELF-SERVICE Dec 2023 https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=202304&RIN=3014-AA44 EV NPRM 9/00/23 https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=202304&RIN=3014-AA48… Read More »
Verneek Retail AI Assist Welcome to Verneek our latest Advisory Board member. Verneek’s One Quin provides enterprises with one holistic consumer-facing AI solution to accurately answer personalized questions through voice activation or text anywhere. The Verneek platform is unique in answering specific questions reliably based on dynamic enterprise data that gets automatically augmented with relevant public information. The platform’s… Read More »
Draganfly Medical Kiosk Example RFP The purpose of this solicitation is to establish a source or sources of supply for the purchase of Medical Kiosk for the South Carolina Department of Corrections Medical Division. [01-1015-1] SAP — This will be one of the reference RFPs in our upcoming “Anatomy of an RFP”. Worth noting the Elo touchscreen Seeking… Read More »
MURTEC Review 2023 Some “sponsored content” noted on Hospitality Technology and Jay Burdette, Sr. Director, Panasonic Connect North America Excerpt One example where technology is already supporting many businesses in this way is through self-ordering kiosks. Customers gain a personalized ordering channel that also decreases their wait time, while employees can be deployed more strategically to focus on… Read More »
Olea Kiosks 2023 Commentary Daniel Olea Nice “pre-summer” update by Daniel Olea of Olea Kiosks. Later this summer we will outfit three additional NFL Stadiums with Olea Kiosks. Our small business is starting to become not very small at all – and I attribute it to three factors: 1) We’ve focused extremely hard on rightsizing our value to… Read More »
Digital Signage and Cloud-Based Kiosks Editor Notes: One of the most experienced digital signage and kiosk software companies is Sitekiosk. Introduction The ultimate all-in-one kiosk and digital signage software for your kiosks, digital displays, public computers, tablets, and laptops! Say goodbye to complicated setups and difficult management – with SiteKiosk Online, everything is taken care of for you. Our… Read More »
Digital Signage Experience Tradeshow Join us at DSE 2023. We are an official media sponsor and have a couple of full conference passes we will give away ($2795 value). We also have free passes for the exhibit floor. Probably a safe bet that Sixteen-Nine will put on their mixer again this year (more info to follow). For more… Read More »
HiEV Charger, an LG Affiliated Company, Has Unveiled Its New Portfolio of Convenient and Reliable Electric Vehicle Chargers SEOUL, May 25, 2023 — LG Electronics (LG) is expanding its electric vehicle (EV) charger solutions business, a move expected to solidify further the company’s position in the fast-growing EV charger segment. LG held a ceremony yesterday to celebrate the commencement of… Read More »
Redbox Kiosks Expanding (2023) From NextTV Just when you think it might be safe to go outside you start seeing Blockbuster in the news transforming itself and now Redbox kiosk expanding to Dollar General Stores. Not surprising though. If you watch movies why pay $100/month for Comcast or Centurylink just to see the movie “stutter” from time to… Read More »
Restaurant Technology Report Just in time for NRA, Nation’s Restaurant News Intelligence releases new Market Leader Report. Here is the signup link to get full report. For its newly released 2023 Restaurant Technology Outlook, Nation’s Restaurant News Intelligence surveyed nearly 400 restaurant operators about their current tech stacks, long-term strategies and biggest challenges. The result is a comprehensive look at the mindset of… Read More »
Kiosk Technology Tradeshow UK Date is 26 -27 April at Olympia in London is Retail Technology. Given the turnout this year the odds are pretty good that next year we make our once-a-year trip to London. Rumor has it the pubs are open… If you want any assistance setting up a meeting or scheduling you can email [email protected]… Read More »
Kiosk Video ImageHOLDERS Ltd This week imageHOLDERS is at Retail Technology in the UK. Next month see ImageHOLDERS at NRA in booth 6475. To setup an appointment email [email protected] imageHOLDERS is very well-known in Europe and has opened offices and manufacturing capability in the U.S. Elevating your customers’ digital experience with best-in-class kiosk solutions. imageHOLDERS design and build… Read More »
Airline Kiosk Check-In News Multiple articles on the new Alaska Air announced policy of removing check-in kiosks and forcing mobile only. We don’t fly very often and are in the TSA program. Still, we tend to print boarding pass to have as safety valve in case we forgot to charge the mobile. Thanks to Hilton Schwartz of Canada… Read More »
QSR Software News Long-time kiosk veteran Ed Crowley has become Managing Director for Cyntra. Cyntra is software-centric and focused on QSRs. We’ve included a picture of some Burger King “dashboard” reporting. Ed started in the kiosk industry back in June 2000 when he joined Ed Caldwell at 5Point. TeamLinux which did a lot of work for NCR was… Read More »
A Look Back at SoloHealth Nice April Fools poke by Bart Foster on LinkedIn proclaiming thousands of deployments of SoloHealth vision screening units. Solohealth was (and still sort of is) a super major project, and there are lots of stories around the project. Included is one from the 2008 KioskCom Expo and Digital Signage Show in Vegas. We worked… Read More »
Swipe Fee Reform Small business is by far the hardest hit since they are the lowest volume. Rates went up 26% in the last 12 months and 180% over the last decade. Monopolies do not exist for the benefit of consumers and lower inflation. Visa and Mastercard, which control 80 percent of the U.S. credit card market, centrally… Read More »
Kiosks and people who are blind or partially sighted As part of our continuing series on accessibility, we were fortunate to interview Sabine Croxford from Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), one of the UK’s leading sight loss charities. By Evan Schuman — Computerworld Columnist,writer for TechCrunch, SCMedia, podcaster, blogger. The convenience and efficiency of kiosks is a powerful advantage… Read More »
HIMSS 2023, Booth 7431 – Making Technology Accessible Storm Interface are pleased to announce their participation at this year’s HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, the most influential health information technology event of the year. All self-service applications must be compliant with The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and those designed for use in medical related situations are… Read More »