The double-sided information totem by MOStron Elektronik GmbH wins a Red Dot award, the international distinction for high design quality. Participants (57 nations) competed against about 5200 products and innovations for this Red Dot Award: Product Design 2016.

The double-sided information totem comes in a puristic, straight design. The elegance of the totem is emphasized by a sober 104 mm deep case of black anodized aluminum in combination with high quality front glass.

Two full HD displays with a screen size of 55“ each can be operated separately or parallelly. Optionally the totem can be equipped with a PCT-Touch (behind glass) on one or both sides. The displays are protected by a rugged anti-glare safety glass.

Premium-quality material is used, as well as energy saving LED technology and energy-saving industrial computers. The case is rugged and well suited for public use – easy to clean because of its almost seamless front. The totem is available with a stable foot or with a base plate which can be screwed into the floor.

This double-sided totem is part of a larger digital signage family with displays ranging from 10“ to 65“, single- and double-sided totems. It can be used as an electronic poster, guidance system in hotels or conference centres, double-sided information system in shopping malls, etc.

For the past 35 years MOStron has been active in the field of embedded systems, industrial and touch solutions, HMI displays, Panel-PCs and electronic displays.

Most of their products originate from their own construction and designs, and that guarantees a uniform appearance of all units.

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Infinitus delivered its first batch (18 double-sided and 5 single-sided) of 2500 nit imotion digital Citylight displays to Go2Digital, a Croatian DOOH network.

This enhances Go2Digital’s DOOH reach, complementing screens placed at 20 shopping malls across the region. Together with 5 additional units (to be deployed in Q1 2016), this network will reach 85% of the Croatian viewers-- more than the first online portal and the most watched television channel in the country. Rollout of these 28 total imotion units will cover premium city center locations in 8 of largest Croatian towns, with 7 cities joining near the end of the 2016.

Go2Digital went for three different outdoor LCD types to cover the different locations in Croatia, with continental climate in the east of the country and the larger area with Mediterranean weather on the western side.

Most of the units are based on imotionG6 technology, made to align to Go2Digital brand. Choice was made because of visual performance, ability to deploy units at any area included coastal, security in operation, warranty conditions and longevity. These advantages can be achieved because of imotion’s G6 thermal management technology which keeps temperature constant and stable within the enclosure.

Four out of eighteen imotionG6 units have additional two 32” side touch screens. These special signs with interactive tourist applications were made for deployments at popular travel destinations such as Split and Zagreb.

Five full front glass imotionFLOW 75” displays were made in this stage to cover single display locations, less demanding environments and walls.

All imotion all-weather are programmable, with automatic functionalities including adaptation to ambient light and system safety functionalities. Remote diagnostics will minimize time spent on-site.

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Protouch Solutions recently installed six bespoke touchscreen kiosks on MV Britannia operated by P&O Cruises.

Britannia is the newest and largest of eight ships in service with P&O Cruises. She has a total of 1837 cabins, 13 bars and restaurants, a 936-seat theatre and a capacity for 4324 passengers. During the summer season, Britannia visits the Mediterranean, Norwegian fjords, the Baltic, Canary Islands and Atlantic islands. In the winter, she will sail 14-night Caribbean cruises.

The client requested Protouch supply and fit an innovative and more intuitive method for booking on-shore excursions for passengers during these trips. The solution was to install six bespoke touchscreen kiosks in a venue dedicated to on-shore activity.

“The P&O Cruises team was very specific about what was required,” saysTom Quarry, MD of Protouch Solutions. “The kiosk needed to match the refined interior design of the ship, as well as providing an easy-to-use interface to book shore excursions”.

As well as printers, the kiosks are fitted with a 19-inch touchscreen, a barcode reader and a special directional speaker bar (channels all the sound directly at the user without disturbing the other guests in the vicinity).

The Protouch kiosks will help reduce queues and free up the on-board Shore Excursion team so that they can spend more time talking to passengers and giving them advice. It will also allow P&O Cruises passengers more chance to soak up the sights and enjoy their time on board and ashore.

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It’s no secret the growth of the “new way of working” (authored mainly by those always-on millennials), smart buildings and internet has created the perfect storm for the sales growth of infokiosks, those indoor totems that supply visitors and staff with the necessary information. In addition to “digital directories,” these infokiosks are used for wayfinding, weather and security news, commercial messages, digital signage, and even advice on local transport.

The trend will only accelerate as we see the unfolding of the Internet of Everything, with new buildings like the Edge in Amsterdam sporting 23,000 sensors in its ceiling alone. More and more information will be there, ready to share.

"Our indoor totems are setting new internal sales records each month," notes Gregory Bak, international sales director at Edbak.

Edbak, from its base in Central Europe, in Poland, provides a wide range of infokiosks for integrators who serve corporate and vertical markets.

"I think we can all agree that digital signage is mostly about customization and differentiation. Almost every project is a somehow different that the other. Dimensions, design, color schemes are really important when talking about totems and enclosures," adds Bak.

"As we produce everything in our premises in Poland we can ensure really good delivery terms and production flexibility, which is really important when working with custom projects. Our very modern, constantly modernized machine park and skilled personnel is what give us the necessary edge."

Edbak also makes video wall mounts, monitor trolleys and stands, display brackets, desk mounts, indoor and outdoor enclosures, and their latest product group – POS mounts, designed for use by retail chains.

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