New Telehealth Training Center Aims to be a National Resource

National Academic Center for Telehealth aims to be a national resource for telehealth training and best practices

Source: mhealthintelligence.com

“The biggest surprise is that no one has done this before,” says Hollander who adds he’s heard of some programs at academic medical centers and universities across the country but no coordinated program for telehealth training and development. “We’re getting calls from health systems who have their own programs but don’t have the people to run them.”

Vending/micro market veteran ready to take on Amazon Go

A vending/micro market veteran has developed a technology, featuring artificial intelligence, he believes will disrupt the consumer goods distribution industry.

Source: www.retailcustomerexperience.com

Tom Murn, a longtime pioneer of vending and self-serve technology, has launched a company, ViaTouch Inc., with the goal of disrupting the consumer goods distribution industry using artificial intelligence and other new technologies.

Opportunities for Self-Service Technology in 2017

Opportunities for Self-Service TechnologyOpportunities for Self-Service Technology

Frank Mayer is the leader in creative design & manufacturing of branded in-store merchandising displays, interactive kiosks & POP marketing services.

Source: kioskindustry.org

2017 promises to be an active one for kiosks and similar self-service devices. A new whitepaper, “Opportunities for Self-Service Technology in 2017”, looks towards the direction self-service kiosks are headed. Developed and published by KioskMarketplace.com, this whitepaper is sponsored by Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc. and can be downloaded here.

Fried Chicken Eatery Birdcall Changes Restaurant Paradigm Through Technology

When Birdcall opens in the spring, a manager who plays much more Apple Store genius than restaurant maitre d’ will oversee the staff-free dining room set where Tom’s Home Cookin’ operated for 17 years. The team behind the upcoming fried chicken sandwich spot, who also owns the Park Burger mini chain and two locations of Homegrown Tap & Dough, has a modern goal in mind: Using technology to be able to serve quality food at an affordable price.

Birdcall will be a modern fast-casual restaurant where design and a high-quality food program will aim to be the core of the new age restaurant experience. There will be affordable (think $5) all-natural Colorado-raised chicken sandwiches, a variety of them that includes Cordon Bleu, Nashville Hot, Kimchi, plus all sorts of flavors of hash browns, and plenty of beverages, alcoholic and not.

Instead of sitting down and ordering from a server or going up to a counter to do the same, guests will walk up to a high-tech kiosk developed uniquely for Birdcall and enter what they want. The software will be able to retain customer information so that next time a guest comes a swipe of a card will automatically pull up previous orders, which can be duplicated, or a menu of favorites, which one can choose from skipping the larger menu.

Connected Vending Machines — 2nd Edition

Connected Vending Machines is the second consecutive report from Berg Insight analysing the latest developments on the vending telemetry and cashless payment market worldwide. This strategic research report from Berg Insight provides you with 70 pages of unique business intelligence including 5-year

Source: finance.yahoo.com

Crane is the leader

Will automation take away all our jobs?

Here’s a paradox you don’t hear much about: despite a century of creating machines to do our work for us, the proportion of adults in the US with a job has consistently gone up for the past 125 years. Why hasn’t human labor become redundant and our skills obsolete? 

Source: www.ted.com

In this talk about the future of work, economist David Autor addresses the question of why there are still so many jobs and comes up with a surprising, hopeful answer.

Japanese white-collar workers are already being replaced by artificial intelligence

Most of the attention around automation focuses on how factory robots and self-driving cars may fundamentally change our workforce, potentially eliminating millions of jobs. But AI that can handle knowledge-based, white-collar work are also becoming increasingly competent. One Japanese insurance company, Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance, is reportedly replacing 34 human insurance claim workers with “IBM Watson Explorer,

Source: qz.com

kiosk history

Kiosk history as recorded by industry observer for last 30 years. Covers kiosk patents, tradeshows and more.

Source: kioskindustry.org

Updated kiosk history log with notation of sad passing of Eric Dumouchel of Ultimedia a true pioneer and also added historic Los Alamos Labs kiosk writeup from 1999.

Open Letter to Washington Post – Job Killing Kiosks

Source: www.linkedin.com

Here is a personal opinion letter/piece that I wrote for rebuttal to Andy Puzder and Rensi.  I was deliberately ruthless and demonstrative for effect. I also sent to the Washington Post and may send to some more. I also published as personal letter on the Kiosk industry group site.

How Nike, Adidas are leading the future of retail

New stores from Nike, Adidas are leading the future of retail.

Source: fortune.com

Nike and Adidas both opened new New York City stores this fall that are designed to immerse shoppers in the experience and give them a reason to return. The Nike store encourages shoppers to try out shoes on its basketball court and soccer zone, and Adidas has set up stations for customizing apparel and seating areas for watching sporting events.