For those who are technology savvy who don’t want to sit through a queue, speed is more important than human interaction.

Source: www.fastcasual.com

“As the attack surface increases with the introduction of connected devices, the attack potential grows exponentially,” the report said. It said healthcare organisations should set specific IT security requirements for IoT components and identify how they will be interconnected, or connected to the internet. The report argues that device manufacturers need to involve hospitals from the very beginning when designing systems and services.

ENISA executive director Udo Helmbrecht said: “Interconnected, decision making devices offer automation and efficiency in hospitals, making them at the same time vulnerable to malicious actions.”

The report warns that there are “several serious vulnerabilities that come with the use of IoT in healthcare that are difficult to address.”

Source: www.zdnet.com

Amazon.com Inc. is developing a premium Echo-like speaker with a screen, a sign the world’s largest online retailer is trying to capitalize on the surprise success of its voice-controlled home gadgets and fend off competition from Google and Apple Inc.

Source: www.bloomberg.com

Nominations are being accepted for the kiosk hall of fame awards to be announced at DSE in 2017. The awards began in 2003.

Source: kioskindustry.org

Olea Kiosks, a Los Angeles-based designer and manufacturer of kiosks for multiple industries, has released the Monte Carlo Gaming Kiosk, its latest self-service solution for the casino

Source: www.gamingtoday.com

McDonald’s on Thursday announced a bold plan to roll out its “restaurant of the future” concept to Chicago and other big U.S. cities.

Source: www.chicagotribune.com

NYC’s JFK uses the predictive power of software to monitor and forecast passenger numbers.

Source: www.wired.com

From manufacturing warehouses to dairy farms, robots have become woven into the business workflow. Here are lessons from four companies using blends of human and machine to get work done.

Source: www.zdnet.com

Source: www.zdnet.com

Restaurants such as McDonald’s and Panera Bread are leading the charge toward automation in the quick-service food industry, which offers an important example of how the labor market is transforming.

Source: www.zdnet.com

Store #1 in Rogers get new Walmart retail automation vending locker option with new BOPUS vending locker for Order Pickup.

Source: kioskindustry.org

Ingenico Launches Unique Enterprise Class mPOS Solution

Source: kioskindustry.org

James Goodfellow, the Scotsman who developed and patented the four-digit ATM personal identification number 50 years ago, has been honored with induction into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame. Scotland’s Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders created the hall o

Source: www.atmmarketplace.com

Slabbkiosks is expanding and growing its sales staff. Last year added Rick Kobal of Crane and now adding another account manager for sales.

Source: kioskindustry.org

Slabb expanding their operations.

The new safe medication disposal kiosk in Springfield is 1 of 13 new locations installed in Massachusetts to dispose of unused medications.

Source: wwlp.com

For customers seeking a quicker checkout, Amazon will soon begin rolling out designated drive-in locations where online grocery orders will be brought to the car, the people said. The company is developing license-plate reading technology to speed wait times.

Source: www.wsj.com

Amazon.com Inc. is pushing deeper into the grocery business with plans to introduce convenience stores as well as curbside pickup locations, say people familiar with the matter.

In the race to create the best possible customer experience, home goods retailer Crate and Barrel is turning to tablet tech. In collaboration with customer

Source: www.pymnts.com

Mobile Totes come to C&B

Banks and stores started upgrading to EMV technology last October 1.

Source: mashable.com

“Over the last 15 years, HyperActive’s name has become synonymous with outdoor drive-thru technology. Our name change presents a very clear message that we are expanding our portfolio to include the full suite of digital technology, both indoor and outdoor, and across many industry sectors,” said Scott Marentay, chief operating officer for Acrelec America.

Source: kioskindustry.org

Acrelec America brings to North and South America a portfolio of technology that includes self-service kiosks, indoor and outdoor digital displays, drive-thru, curbside and gaming solutions.

Kiosk Innovations finally releases latest version of website with new modern design and their complete digital portfolio of digital signage and self-service kiosks. Recommended!

Source: kioskindustry.org

Complete range of modern designed digital signage and self-service by Kiosk Innovations and Neil Nguyen (ex-lead engineer at KIS for 15 years).

Robotics is no longer considered an approaching trend in the banking world. It is well and truly here and it’s making a real impact.

Source: www.cio.com.au

AI, robotics and other advanced technologies have challenged assumptions that automation would remain limited to tasks or processes that follow well understood procedures, Columnist Irving Wladawsky-Berger writes.

Source: blogs.wsj.com

With technology altering the therapeutic bond, something is lost but something else is gained

Source: www.scientificamerican.com

When you can’t out-spend the competition, the solution is to out-support them.

Source: www.inc.com

After 65 years of artificial intelligence letdowns, businesses are finally putting it to use with AI chatbot technologies, machine learning and more.

Source: searchbusinessanalytics.techtarget.com

Kiosk Summit North 2016 Information

Source: kioskindustry.org

Kiosk Summit North with great speakers, good exhibitors and ways to increase your ROI on self-service.

Hey, it’s cheaper than getting an apartment.

Source: nypost.com

The city plans to install nearly 8,000 of the kiosks across the five boroughs in the next seven years. About 400 are currently up and running, mostly on Third and Eighth avenues in Manhattan

Come see HP Thin Client Solutions at VMware and see the new t630. Now support web-centric VMware Blast which is competitor for PCoIP.

Source: thinclient.org

t630 is first zero client to support VMware Blast. Being shown at VMware today.

Thirteen page presentation for 2016 and HP t630 thin client announcement. HP is the leader in Thin Client and their general focus is: Outstanding user experience (ala gamin workstation) Easy to deploy and easy to manage for IT Highly secure solution Big changes this go around for the t630 is: ThinOS goes 64 bit TPM or Trusted Platform Module goes to version 2.0 All Software Included which includes: Device Manager, Velocity, True Graphics and Easy Shell. The optional I/O port is a nice touch too given the option of VGA, serial port, antenna, Fiber NIC.     Related

Source: thinclient.org

Nice 11 slide presentation on HP at VMware this year. Highlights t630

The world’s first self-driving taxis began picking up passengers in Singapore starting on Thursday.

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk