Archive for March 12, 2009
Flexible Digital Touch Displays = Foaming at the Mouth
Kidnapped from Wired.com
Busy boggy day. We are now going ahead a couple of years to the future. Speaking of the futurisfic ongoings (and before some Candians come down to smack me upside the head), here is something that is truly cool and will be revolutionary in the Digital Out-of-Home/Digital Signage industries; a digital display that is flexible and with touch capability. We just have to think the picture above and make it, oh, I don’t know.. 40″ or so larger? I think that sounds about right. The thought and potentials of Flexible Placement in combination with the Interactivity factor? Truly “foam” worthy. The U.S. Army invested about $44 Mil so far to research this technology, so you know it will be coming to the consumers’ way within a certain amount of time. Usually takes awhile for military tech to emerge into our daily lives though… But wait; if you call today, you can find out what companies like HP and Samsung are working on! HP is working on with the same group that is working on the Army project; obviously researching the consumer display applications and potentials. Samsung is working on applying Flex displays into their mobile phones. I’m scared to think how much this will cost at the beginning, and apparently it is at least 3 years away, but considering the “earth-shattering” effect Flex displays would have on the DOOH/DS And our daily lives; 3 to 5 years doesn’t seem like a long wait at all. Hey! Google Maps can actually look and feel like a map! Marker-sized Net PCs and mobile phones. Video chat/call simply by rolling the display and click. Navigation screens on the car windshields; not projected. Applications seem endless.
By 2020, I have a feeling we will see these Flex Touch Displays Everywhere. We’ll see, but I’m marking the date starting today.
Great Point of Purchase Displays / Horrible Website
I’m being a YouTube bandit these days, and ran into this fantastic in-window/see-through POP display; not sure what to call this really, and wish the content could be shown on both sides.. The displays below are brought to you by Modernistic Inc. (No; again, I’m not getting paid for this..no one’s paying me actually.. sad), and I believe they are also behind the Virtual Best Buy Standee (Mr. Flanigan??) that is getting a lot of press and discussions going in the recent days. Both are “Modernistic” in indeed, and I love everything simple, modern, and futuristic looking, so these two fall right in line with the type of things I like. What is Not so “Modernistic” is their website, which is “lame-nistic”… Hey Modernistic; hit me up! I would love to redesign your website to match the awesome technologies and warez you guy are pushing. Anyway, enjoy!
PLEASE: Stop watching at 1:42 Mark of the video. This is not to be served as an ad!
The guy’s arms’ pretty stiff, but pretty cool regardless.
