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Travel book goes mobile with scannable QR code (AP)

Travel book goes mobile with scannable QR code

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Many travelers still rely on comprehensive printed guidebooks for tourism information. But travelers are also increasingly using mobile technology to plan a trip or find their way around.


LED lights build communication network

LED lights build communication network

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine a world where bright, energy-sipping, cheap, durable LEDs light the world. A world where if you have enough light to see, you are connected. The University of California, Riverside ...


New LED technology and leading light for advertisers

New LED technology and leading light for advertisers

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 14, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A new lightweight LED screen developed by UQ Business School's Enterprize business plan competition finalist, LAADtech, proposes to make outdoor advertising more versatile and easier to install.





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Google resorted to old-time outdoor billboards in its move to convince business IT managers to use software applications

Google woos IT managers with old-tech billboards

Technology / Internet

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google on Monday resorted to old-time outdoor billboards in its quest to convince business IT managers to use software applications that the Internet titan offers as services online.


L.A. billboards say AIDS a 'gay' disease

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 02, 2006 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Stunning passersby, billboards have sprung up around Southern California declaring, "HIV is a gay disease," adding the tag line "Own It; End It."


Advertisers in Cannes using digital signs

Technology / Other

created May 22, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many companies who score an advertising spot at the Cannes Film Festival this week will market their products to visitors using digital billboards.


Photoshopped Images Could Carry Warnings in France

Photoshopped Images Could Carry Warnings in France

Technology / Other

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 16

(PhysOrg.com) -- A law has been proposed in France that would see digitally enhanced images carry a warning to viewers that the image has been retouched to change the physical appearance of a person. The proposed ...


DirecTV sued over ads on Charter's bankruptcy case

Technology / Business

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Charter Communications Inc. is suing DirecTV Group Inc. over advertisements that try to persuade subscribers to switch TV service by touting Charter's bankruptcy filing.


Outdoor alcohol ads boost kids' urge to drink

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 27, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In the world depicted in an alcohol billboard, bikini-clad babes clutch icy bottles, frothy beer flows over frosty mugs and the slogan reads, “Life is good.” Ads like these may target adults, but children are getting the ...


Smart advertising

Smart advertising

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 01, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

If an advert is to have any effect, as many people as possible must see it. A special technique enables analysts to predict which people will pass which billboards, and how often. This makes it possible to ...


Global markets: Chinese consumers respond to Western brands

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How do Chinese consumers really feel about Western brands? We often hear that magazines and billboards influence Chinese consumers to imitate Western lifestyles. Meanwhile, Chinese "patriots" are thought to reject Western ...


A bright future for plastics -- robot 'skin,' flexible laptops and electric posters

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jun 30, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 0

WITH market analysts predicting a ten fold increase in the value of the organic light emitting display industry, from £1.5 billion to £15.5 billion, by 2014, it is no wonder that scientists and governments alike are keen ...


Ditigal signs get technological boost

Technology / Other

created Jul 11, 2006 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New technology from Minicom Advanced Systems unveiled Monday allows users to operate a keyboard, mouse or other peripheral from up to 1,000 feet away.



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