Summer 2009

City Centre Info Kiosks

Soft-Centred

The question of how to revitalise a downtown area and convince shoppers to go to pedestrian zones in the centre of town instead of making the trip to shopping centres or megastores on the outskirts of town has no doubt been one that has vexed local governments for many years past.
 

Szzt Company Profile

Big Ambitions

Shenzhen Zhengtong Electronics Co, Ltd (Szzt Group) was established in September 1993. After 16 years fast development as one of the world’s leading financial payment equipment providers

Specialist Thermal Paper

Keep a Clear Head

Direct thermal paper printing technology has emerged to be the most favoured technology for self-service applications, thanks to its virtually noiseless operation, reliability, ease of handling and low operating costs.

JCM's New Cash acceptor and Dispenser

A Marriage for Money

JCM has recently introduced its new ‘Cash eXpert CX-100’ series, a package of banknote acceptor and dispenser with a controller board.

Capacitive Touch Manufacturing

Touching Base

By Paolo Pedrazzoli, Marketing Operations Manager 3M Touch Systems.
 
Capacitive touch screens are very popular for self-service applications, as they are durable, reliable and optically clear

ID Tech's New Distributor

Howdy Partner!

ID Tech, a trusted name in magstripe, SmartCard and contactless/proximity card readers, PIN-entry devices and POS equipment, has backed up its high-quality product suite with even greater availability to the European market, through a new partnership with distributor Ingram Micro.
 

Multi-point IR touchscreens

Many Hands Make Light Work

Nexio’s Infrared Touchscreen is a touch frame installed in front of a display screen, integrated with a printed circuit board containing a line of IR-LEDs and photo transistors

KioWare's Kiosk Software

Show and Tell

By Stephanie Kropowski, Director of Marketing and Sales, KioWare
 
Kiosk hardware, software and peripherals dominate Kiosk Europe Expo, but are probably less pervasive (and thereby more noticeable) at tradeshows targeting other vertical markets. Kiosk benefits vary from increased lead capture, to cross promotion and showcasing your company, products and features.

friendlyway Looks Back at 10 Years in Self-Service

A friendly Chat

Rich Germain spoke to Klaus Trox and Karl Joachim Veigel of friendlyway AG, about all things self-service and digital signage.

Elektrosil's IR Touchscreens

A Case in Point

Many applications in the kiosk and the digital signage markets use touchscreens as the man-machine interface. Elektrosil´s infrared touchscreens use the principle of a light barrier.

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