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Virtual Aquarium Lays Claim to World’s Largest Interactive Touchscreen Display Title

SEEN & NOTED: BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – News comes our way of a new installation that claims to be the world's largest continuous array of touchscreen displays. Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has built a new $230 million Science and Engineering Center at their Gardens Point campus that features one of the world's largest public digital interactive learning spaces.

Drawing on knowledge and data from QUT researchers in Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics (STEM), The Cube provides opportunities for the public to discover, visualize and contribute to the University's ongoing projects. Environments are replicated at a real-world scale, allowing the public to experience real project scenarios and explore big questions of the 21st century.

The Cube's multimedia deployment features a continuous wrap-around installation of 48 individual, 55-inch ultra-thin bezel MultiTaction displays from MultiTouch Ltd., a leading developer of multi-touch systems. Built by Pro AV Solutions Queensland, the installation marks one of the world's largest deployments of touchscreen displays in a continuous array.

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World's First NFC-enabled Gumball Machine Bridges Physical and Digital Divide

SEEN & NOTED: FRANKFURT, GERMANY — Razorfish's Frankfurt office built a prototype NFC-enabled Gumball Machine to demonstrate how the technology can help marketers to bridge mobile technology with real world analog objects. Last Summer, during a two-day prototyping session Razorfish's Frankfurt team assembled the components into an original gumball machine metal base that include a Samsung Galaxy Tab, an NFC shield, a simple reed switch and two Arduino micro-controllers.

Want a gum ball? Simply insert a coin and turn the lever, then follow the screen animation and tap your NFC-enabled smartphone next to the release chute. The system will then push a range of digital treats to the user's smartphone that include Apps, movies, songs, ebooks, as well as other exclusive location-based content. A nice idea, a just the beginning of a wave of NFC-enabled interactive kiosks on the horizon.

The concept was recently showcased at Samsung’s Flagship Store in Frankfurt to help celebrate the launch of the new Galaxy SIII Mini. After a few tweaks and improvements, Razorfish is now showcasing the concept at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona at the NFC & Mobile Money Pavilion (Hall 7).



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Duty Free Shops at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport Add Digital Signage Screens

SEEN & NOTED: PARIS, FRANCE  — The Buy Paris Duty Free shops at Charles de Gaulle International Airport have recently added digital signage displays. Buy Paris' flagship store at Charles de Gaulle airport opened on March 27, 2012 and is equipped with seven double-horizontal ceiling-mounted screens, and a video wall spanning nine square meters using  46- and 70-inch Samsung displays.  A second store at de Gaulle's Terminal 2 departure lounge features a pair of display walls covering 14 square meters each and a column comprised of 36 synchronized, 43-inch Hyundai screens. 

The technical study, project management, content integration and installation of the digital signage solution were conducted by TMM Communication. TMM selected BrightSign digital signage players. All told, the stores include a combination of more than 110 BrightSign HD210 and HD1010 players in four airport store locations. The installation also includes interactivity triggered by IR detector that enable messaging that runs only when a person enters the area in front of a display.

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