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Airport Gatwick uses Beacons and Augmented Reality

by Bob Raikes

London’s Gatwick Airport has installed 2,000 beacons to provide an indoor navigation system as part of a major investment update. The technology is being integrated into apps for the airport and is intended to …

Tags:Aviation| Beacons| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 21

3D Globe in Stockholm

by Yvette Raikes

Projection mapping is being used to show live data tracking flights to and from Arlanda airport in Stockholm, Sweden, on a 3D globe. The passenger volume to Arlanda has gone up by 30% since …

Tags:Aviation| Large Display Monitor| Rear Projection| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Delta to Trial Face Recognition

by Bob Raikes

Delta Airlines is introducing new self-service bad drop machines at the Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport this summer and one of them will be equipped with a facial recognition system to match the baggage to …

Tags:Aviation| face recognition| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Baggage Losses Reduced

by Bob Raikes

Rimowa’s E Ink-based label. Image:MekoAlthough it’s not much consolation if it’s your bag that has been mislaid, but there was a 12.5% drop in the number of bags that was lost last year – …

Tags:Aviation| Back Panel| E Ink| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 18

NanoLumens Completes LED Displays at Canadian Airports

by Alan Spencer

NanoLumens has completed the installation of nine custom-designed Nixel-series LED displays in Toronto Pearson, Vancouver, and Montreal Trudeau international airports in Canada. In December 2014, NanoLumens installed a 20′ x 4′ (6m x 1.2m) …

Tags:Aviation| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 16

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eMagin’s OLED Microdisplays Chosen for Aviation Upgrades

by Alan Spencer

eMagin has announced that it has been selected as a single-source supplier of OLED microdisplays for a US Army helicopter helmet upgrade. The contract is for the retrofit of high brightness, monochrome green microdisplays …

Tags:Aviation| Back Panel| eMagin| Microdisplays| Military & Defence| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Gatwick Gate Display Mystifies…

by Bob Raikes

On a recent trip through Gatwick, your reporter saw this installation at the Easyjet gate. The displays at the top had a space through which a projector was creating a pattern on the floor. …

Tags:Aviation| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 14

NEC Adds Single Control Support to Surface Concept

by Bob Raikes

Richard Wilks who heads the global airport business for NEC. Image:NECNEC did not have any new hardware at the show, as we are so soon after ISE, but had a strong team promoting the …

Tags:Aviation| Control Rooms| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Passenger Terminal Expo (PTE) 2016| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Smart Digital Signage| Vol 24 - Issue 11

LG Makes A Move on Airports

by Bob Raikes

This was LG’s first attendance as an exhibitor at PTE and the company had an attractive booth, although it was not in a great position, in a second hall. However, in such a small …

Tags:Aviation| Large Display Monitor| LED| LFD - Large Format Display| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLEDs| OPS| Passenger Terminal Expo (PTE) 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 11

PTE Round-up

by Bob Raikes

NDS is a long term supplier of software for airports and flight information displays (FIDs) and told us at the show that its PADS4 software now supports NEC displays fitted with the Raspberry Pi …

Tags:Advertising| Aviation| Digital Signage Software| Large Display Monitor| Passenger Terminal Expo (PTE) 2017| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 11