Thursday, 31 March 2011

Transaction Payment Kiosk

Transaction Payment KioskThe myPod-t is a touch screen transactional kiosk designed to take payments for products or services retail and other environments.

myPod-t Transaction Kiosk
myPod-t is a stylish free-standing touch screen kiosk with chip & pin payment card and receipt printer. The kiosk features a high resolution widescreen display with capacitive touchscreen.

The unit can be customised to meet your specific needs. An engraving service where your company name or logo is etched into the polycarbonate or aluminium front of the unit is available.

Optional soft LED edge lighting can stylishly highlight the unit if required.

Payment Kiosk Specifications
* Intel Atom Platform N270 1.6GHz CPU
* Intel 945GE chipset with GMA950 graphics, GB LAN, USB
* 1GB DDR2 RAM
* Minimum 80GB Hard Disk
* 22 inch widescreen LCD
* Capactive Touchscreen
* Easy access USB port
* Verifone Secura Chip and Pin
* Star TSP thermal printer

Other Kiosk Options
* 2.5watt stereo speakers
* Portrait orientation for screen
* WiFi wireless connection
* Optional Microphone

Mechanical Specifications
* Height: 1435
* Width: 593
* Depth: 638
* Weight: 30Kg

Friday, 18 March 2011

Eidos Free Standing DDA Kiosk

Eidos Free Standing DDA KioskThe Eidos Free-standing DDA Information kiosk was among the very first information kiosks in the world to utilise an LCD display. A tried and tested robust kiosk design, the Eidos free-standing kiosk can be found in some of the most prestigious locations around the UK including The Science Museum in London, The National Museum of Scotland, Price Waterhouse Cooper, RAF Cosford Museum, shopping centres and many others.

Eidos Free Standing Kiosk
The outstanding design of the Eidos kiosk allows for easy use by children, adults and wheelchair users alike, complying with DDA wheelchair accessibility exceptionally well.

Free Standing Kiosk: Design
The already eye-catching design can be enhanced further with the addition of an LED Illuminated head unit. A truely stylish enhancement. The free standing Eidos kiosk also has speakers fitted if you need sound.

The small footprint helps the Eidos kiosk fit in with any surroundings rather than dominating them.

Free Standing Kiosk - Security
The Eidos kiosk can be bolted to the floor for security. This can be done by our own installation engineers as part of your installation package. The free standing kiosk also features a lockable door behind which the computer board and other components are installed.

Free Standing Kiosk Specifications
15", 17" or 19" standard and widescreen LCD TFT display
5 wire resistive touchscreen - other technologies available
Integrated stereo speakers
Internal Silent Fanless Intel ATOM PC or
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor available
80GB HDD
Robust Rolled steel powder coated construction
Range of optional kiosk peripherals
Free Standing Eidos Kiosk Options

IP65 rugged keyboard and trackerball
LED Illuminated head
Induction hearing loop
Card reader
motion detection
Many more, please call for more details

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If you would like more information about the Eidos Free Standing DDA Kiosk then please call us today on 0845 451 2020.


Thursday, 17 March 2011

Patient Feedback Using Touchscreens

Patient Feedback Using TouchscreensTouchscreen technology has reached mass market with the introduction of touchscreens on mobile phones, ticketing machines and self-check outs at supermarkets. Customers have accepted this technology as an efficient and easy to use system for purchases and interacting with other services.

Touchscreen kiosk terminals are becoming more widely used in the NHS and can be seen in Hospitals, Doctors Surgeries and other settings for patients to make initial interaction with the service. The touchscreens are used for many applications including way finding, virtual reception, e-triage, provision of health information, check-in and patient feedback surveys.

Historically, patient feedback has been done as a paper based process where a survey is created, printed and then users are asked to fill-out the survey while interacting with the service provider. The survey data, often only partially completed, is then entered manually on a computer such that a report can be produced. This process is time consuming and costly to the trust or other organisation seeking to gain patient feedback. Touchscreen surveys have many advantages of the paper based approach with the main ones being: Lower overall cost of producing, managing, analysing and creating reports from the data; Faster time to produce, publish and get survey responses (almost in real-time) such that new surveys can be tried weekly.

The surveys can also be targeted to specific areas within the hospital or to specific service users e.g. the elderly, carers, staff or young people.
The survey touchscreens are available in numerous physical formats with desk-mounted, free-standing, wall-mounted and portable ‘tablet’ style of product. Desk mount survey touchscreens can be installed on reception desks and in waiting rooms. Small wall mounted touchscreen survey terminals can be fitted on walls in wards, waiting rooms and other areas.

Touchscreens may also be manufactured with branding so that patients can see that the terminal is for them to use rather than being an item relating to the IT structure of the hospital. Portable touchscreens are a great way to work on a one-to-one basis with patients while they are in a waiting room or other environment. The portable touchscreens are small devices which have a charging station when not in use. Staff can quickly pick up a Surveypoint portable device and run through some questions with patients.

When not being used for a survey the touchscreen survey terminals can enter a digital signage mode where it will display useful video and other images e.g. showing how to clean your hands. The messages can be updated as required and each touchscreen can show the same or different content. Usage reports are available from each individual touchscreen survey point so you can see how they are being used and the relative use between touchscreens located at each area.

The patient surveys can be designed with skip-logic which means that patients only have to see and answer questions relevant to them. Patients can also enter their contact details at the end of the survey so that the organisation can email updates and keep them informed of how processes have changed as a result of their feedback.

Survey touchscreens are an investment as once installed to run patient surveys, they can in the future, be used for numerous other applications.

Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Touch Screen Kiosks and Displays for Police Stations

In the ever changing world of technology there has never been a better time for the adoption of touchscreen devices for interfacing to Police services. Young people and old alike have become accustomed to using touchscreen based interfaces when interacting with council services, buying tickets and using self-service checkouts at supermarkets. In each case, a touch screen solution has been created as a means of reducing costs, increasing the range of services offered or making a service available 24/7 or to specific groups of people.

Touchscreens are a simple technology which is positioned over the front of a display. Users are familiar with using PDA and mobile phones with touchscreen interfaces and a touchscreen monitor or touchscreen kiosk works in a similar way. Within the field of touchscreens there exist different technology options, the two main ones being resistive and capacitive touchscreens. Capacitive toushcreens enable more visible light to get through the touchscreen element but rely on a user physically touching the screen with their body - a gloved hand does not work with a capacitive touchscreen. Resistive touchscreens will work being touched by finger, nails or any other pointing object. Alternatively projected capacitance can be used where it is necessary to provide a protective vandal resistant glass screen between the display and the user.

How can the Police service benefit from touch screen kiosks?
In the busy reception area and waiting room of modern police stations often there is a limitation on space combined with an influx of people requiring support, advice and assistance. Touchscreen interfaces can be implemented in many areas of the police station to help with processing of the public and other users.

Police Station Virtual Reception Kiosks
Police staff may sometimes have to spend time answering trivial and commonly asked questions. These tasks can be a distraction from more important work and service users which require more detailed attention. The virtual reception kiosk is installed in the reception area of the police station and provides access to a wide range of website based information to support, and advice service users on various issues. A telephone handset can be included (ruggedized) to enable users to make free phone calls to supporting organisations, solicitors and other help. The kiosk would be branded to fit with each location and include pictures of the local community so that it is seen as a community support kiosk. Options including the ability to report a crime using the kiosk, or download useful factsheets can all be including. Additionally, kiosks can be used to help show people directions.

In-Community Police Touch Screen Kiosks
Police point-of-presence touchscreen kiosks can be installed at shopping centres, supermarkets, hospital A&E departments and many other locations with high footfall. Just like the Police virtual reception kiosks they can be used for a growing number of applications including: crime reporting, advertising vacancies and important local messages, providing access to police websites, video and other content. By adding a rugged telephone handset users can also speak to victim support and other agencies.

Police Survey Kiosks
Touchscreen-based surveys can also be implemented to get feedback from service users. This can be done on touch screen kiosks located in the reception area but also in other areas of the station including custody areas.

Interactive Digital Signs
Similar technically to the touch screen kiosks but with larger screens, an interactive digital sign is another platform that the Police service can employ to provide an interactive service to users. Screens sizes from 22in to 50in or more can be implemented running individual or synchronised messages. Smaller touchscreen monitors (from 7in to 19in) can also be used for on-desk signage ro where space is tight. The digital signs can also be linked to RSS/Twitter feeds to provide simple messaging feature for users.

Rugged Design for a Tough Environment
Standard off-the-shelf Personal Computers (PCs) are great for home and office use but when it comes to needing something rugged and built to last it is important to use more industrial designs. Industrial computing boards are designed for long life operation (over 5 years) with continuous availability and stability of design. This ensures maximum uptime for the touch screen system and the ability to easily swap out replacements for many years. The touchscreen kiosks can be supplied with vandal resistant keyboards with steel keys and trackball, these are also resistant to water and other fluids and can be wiped clean (ideal for healthcare and police). Screens can be protected by vandal resistant glass.

Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Switching and Routing HDMI for Training and Demo Rooms

There are many instances where one requires a system with the following specification. Drive a number of displays with touch screens on a one-to-one basis where each screen is connected via DVI or HDMI to a Mac or PC. Then, allow an instructor or demonstrator to be able to select a master mode such that their master PC then provides the display content which is routed to all of the displays. Examples of this are common for Training and demo rooms, visitor centres and museums, schools and universities.

It is often best to locate the students PCs (when I mention PC please understand that this equally applies to Mac and other computing platforms) away from the actual display device. The PCs can be installed in a cabinet or rack away from the main area. This has the advantage that the students cannot interfere with the switches on the PC and also it makes the demo room or training environment more of a clean and tidy space.

This solution means routing the audio, video (and in case of touchscreen or mouse) and pointing mechanism between the output display device and the source PC. One solution is to use longer cables but most VGA/DVI and HDMI cables have stringent restrictions on the overall length available. Longer cables (typically over 5m) will result in a lower resolution being available on the display. To overcome this Fibre optic HDMI extension cables, DVI fibre extender cables can be used to supply the video content and USB can be transmitted also over USB Fibre extenders.

Extending DVI , HDMI and other video signals using a fibre optic cable has several advantages particularly where installed in a hospital or security minded environment (police, security services, courts, local government, MoD etc). The fibre emits no electrical radiation and is also immune to electrical noise which ensures reliability of transmission. The fibre also provides total electrical isolation between source and display. The fibre extenders employ multi-mode fibres to transmit the DVI and/or HDMI signals and some devices are also capable of transmitting audio, RS232 and other signals.

For a HDMI input monitor the audio is transmitted synchronised with the video steam whereas DVI is a video only signal and audio will need to be multiplexed onto another signal for transmission. A DVI+Audio fibre extension box is available which will take DVI and audio and provide transmission of this combined signal up to 2Km.

So far we have a system where students’ displays are connected on a one-to-one basis back to a computer. The next feature to add is to enable an instructor to take over the student displays and for a master computer to provide the display content. HDMI and DVI switch boxes and matrix routers exist for switching HDMI and DVI signals from one or more input to one or more output. Distribution boxes provide a digital copy of a HDMI or DVI signal for distributing to multiple monitors, all in sync. The instructors’ master computer can be connected to a DVI or HDMI distribution box to provide the same number of outputs are there are screens. A HDMI or DVI switch box then provides switching between the two source inputs such that the students display either shows output from their PC or from the instructors PC. The touchscreen inputs from the students monitors are not connected back to the master PC so only the instructor can use a point device.

By using a HDMI based system, the audio is dealt with at the same time as the video signals. The HDMI switch box or matrix switch routes the audio along with the HDMI video signal. PCs and Macs don’t all have a HDMI output available so for this reason a DVI + audio to HDMI converter box. In conclusion, the ability to drive full HD resolutions in training and demo facilities is now with us and can be combined with the latest HDMI and DVI switching products to create some very attractive solutions. The use of fibre extenders as an alternative to long cables or Cat5 based systems is starting to find traction especially in areas where security or safety are an issue.

Monday, 14 March 2011

Photos of Kiosks4Business Exhibiting at the Healthcare Innovations Expo 2011

Photos of Kiosks4Business Exhibiting at the Healthcare Innovations Expo 2011

Kiosks4Business exhibited at the Healthcare Innovations Expo, 9-10th march 2011. Our kiosks include free-standing, desk and wall mounted designed which can include numerous peripherals including printers, telephone and touch-screens. Kiosks4Business design and manufacture touch screen kiosks for use in NHS and healthcare organisations and handle all aspects of a project from design to installation, training and ongoing support. Kiosks4Business provide Virtual Reception, Wellbeing Information Point software and Surveypoint patient feedback survey software all designed for patients to interact with services using intuitive touchscreen devices.

Photos of Kiosks4Business Exhibiting at the Healthcare Innovations Expo 2011
Photos of Kiosks4Business Exhibiting at the Healthcare Innovations Expo 2011


Extending Video Connections Use Fibre Optics

There are many instances where it is necessary or desirable to separate the location of a video source such as DVI or HDMI from the location of the display. Some applications may have a single DVI source driving one or more screen via a DVI distribution box. Similar HDMI distribution boxes exist for creating synchronised copies of an HDMI video source. The implementation of a copper cable based solution creates a limiting factor and trade off between the length of cable and maximum resolution which can reliably be obtained from the cable. Even higher quality cables have limits below 10Metres and significant reduction in video resolution available.

One solution is by converting the DVI or HDMI signal and transmit this using Cat5 cable which provides a great improvement on transmission length but still has some drawbacks regarding the ultimate length of separation that can be achieved for a given resolution.

Extending Video Connections Use Fibre OpticsAdvantages of using fibre extenders

Fibre Optic extenders are a very effective for providing electrical isolation. They are just the right product to be used in circumstances where electrical isolation from a high voltage strike is essential. They are also immune to radiating electrical noise, heavy machinery; lifts and other motor driven products can affect the content seen on a display. The Fibre optic cables ensure that the DVI and HDMI signals are immune to any radiated electrical noise. Fibre Optic cables do not carry any metallic components, ensuring safety in Power Stations, GSM communication towers and Test equipment in high voltage environments. Fibre optic cables are very suitable for data connections where an intrinsically safe connection is a necessity.

The disadvantage with using fibre extenders relates to installation of the fibre cabling. Like all cable installations care has to be taken with bending of the cables to ensure that the minimum bend radius is not exceeded. Routing a cable through a tight bend radius may cause damage to the cable. Care should also be taken not to pinch the fibres when fixing. Most fibre products have a protective outer layer so the application of common sense approach should result in a successful installation.





DVI fibre optic extension cables

By using a fibre optic cable to extend the DVI signal it is possible to extend the distance between the DVI source and display by up to 2Km. Smaller distances of 10-100M are easily accomplished and Fibre also has some extra advantages. The DVI extenders use multimode fibre which supports more than one propagation mode. The DVI extender consists of a transmitter and receiver box. The transmitter box connects to the source of the DVI signal (e.g. PC) and may have additional inputs for stereo audio and RS232.





HDMI Fibre Extenders

Similar in size to the DVI fibre extension boxes, HDMI fibre extenders are devices for providing separation between a HDMI source (PC, DVD player etc) and display. The advantage over a DVI extender is that by using HDMI you have the audio synchronised with the video. The HDMI fibre extenders carry HDCP information to ensure the protection of copyrighted content from DVD players.

HDMI and DVI fibre extenders can be used in conjunction with DVI/HDMI matrix routers and distribution boxes so all of the sources and routing can take place in one location with the DVI and HDMI signals then routed to displays in a different part of a building.





USB Fibre Extenders

There are many applications where a PC is used to drive a screen at some distance using the DVI fibre extenders. The display may also incorporate a touchscreen element which would normally be connected back to the PC using a USB cable. USB signals also have a limiting distance as they are usually only used for connecting peripherals to a PC locally. The USB fibre extenders enable extension of the USB connection up to 50m.Interactive Touchscreen Kiosks and Kiosk Software News and Information

Friday, 11 March 2011

Customer Satisfaction Surveys With Kiosks

One of the key ways to help grow any business is by referrals and keeping your customers happy. Happy customers will hopefully return and continue to buy products and services from you. Therefore it is vital to thoroughly understand the requirements of your customer in order to ensure continued business from them.

One method of obtaining feedback from your customers is by using a customer satisfaction questionnaire or customer satisfaction survey. Customer satisfaction surveys should be thought about very carefully so as the process itself does not annoy or confuse. Long complicated customer satisfaction surveys are generally only completed by those being paid for their time. Customer satisfaction is generally measured on a five point scale e.g. Very satisfied, Satisfied, OK, Somewhat Satisfied, Very Dissatisfied. Customer satisfaction surveys may also be done using a ten point scale though this can be more complex and leads to customers’ hesitation around which option to select. A weighting is applied to each of the answers e.g. 5=Very Satisfied, 1=Very Dissatisfied and these weightings are then summed across the survey for analysis of the results.

Traditionally, customer satisfaction surveys have been done using a paper-based process but with customers’ acceptance of touch screen technology it is becoming the norm. Touchscreen devices such as PDA, Mobile phones, Tablets and touch screen kiosks present a win-win solution for customer satisfaction surveys. The surveys can be created quickly and tested on smaller groups before making the survey live and presenting to your customers. Teams can work through the customer surveys on a one-to-one basis using a tablet or PDA device. Alternatively, in retail, customers can access the surveys using touchscreen kiosks. Additionally, once the survey has been created for use on the touchscreen device it is quite easy to also make it available on the internet. This means that your customer satisfaction survey is now available in-store and at home on your customers home computer. The online survey can be linked to e.g. via a button or text link on your website and also through social media platforms including Facebook.

Touchscreen kiosks are a great way to create an environment in-store for your customers to provide instant feedback of their experiences before they leave your shop. Often, customers may feel annoyed by any number of issues at the store but by the time they have returned home they have probably forgotten. Therefore, the optimum time to get real feedback from your customers is while they are still in the shop. Customer satisfaction kiosks are touchscreen computers which may be wall mounted or free standing. The kiosks are branded with your logo and designed to complement the style of the shop. The kiosks welcome users to provide their feedback and can also be used for many other purposes. For small shops, the touchscreen kiosk provides a way of showing customers an extended range of products which you may not have enough space for in the shop. Customers can browse your products and even use the kiosks to make their purchases or redeem gift vouchers. The kiosk can also be used for customers to enter their contact details to be kept informed about your products and services.

Using customer feedback to help develop your business processes and get more customers has always been a vital part of any business and now with touchscreen based customer satisfaction survey kiosks the process couldn’t get any easier.

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Applications of Touchscreen Surveys

As customers and service users are becoming more familiar with interaction via the web and using touch-screen based devices it seems logical that consultation is now available using online survey software through touch screens.

Touchscreen devices such as mobile phones, EPOS and self-checkouts in supermarkets now seem the norm with the younger generation and are finding that they are being adopted by older people too due to their simplicity of use.

Traditionally, surveys were carried out using a mostly paper-based process with customers asked to fill in lengthy consultation documents which often led to errors and a time consuming system. The paper forms have then been entered into a computer for analysis of the data to take place. Online surveys and in particulartouchscreen surveys provide many advantages over the paper-based approach.

Touchscreen surveys use a website where an administrator can create and edit their surveys, the survey data can appear in real-time from the touchscreen kiosks and other devices connected to the internet by broadband or 3G networks. The touchscreen surveys can easily be made available in multiple languages and rich media including images, video and audio can make the experience more enjoyable and help reach a greater audience.

Why would you want to use touchscreen surveys in your organisation? Read on to see how others are using touchscreen surveys for numerous applications.

Staff surveys:
For many organisations, both commercial and public sector, the link between management and staff can sometimes become quite sensitive to changes. Previous history of projects not quite providing the win-win that was promised can damage your employee perceptions and make it even harder to drive through changes. Do you really know what your staff are thinking? Do you have a happy workforce? Can you make them work more efficiently by altering some processes or layout of the building? Does the staff canteen provide the right mix? These are just a few examples of how kiosk and touchscreen surveys can be implemented to quickly get feedback for the management team.

Customer satisfactions surveys
What makes your customers want to buy your products? What do they like and why did they not make a purchase today? Lots of small businesses have some sort of simple questionnaire on their website or as part of their online shopping cart. For larger retailers, in-store touchscreen kiosks are a great way of capturing feedback from your customers whilst providing an interactive advertising platform and catalogue of your products. You could also use your survey software to investigate new product developments and get feedback from your customers before you commit to production.

Patient satisfaction surveys
Healthcare represents a huge market for providing touchscreen based feedback for patients. Many patients find paper-based surveys to be too complex and laborious when compared with the quick and effective touchscreen based patient feedback surveys. Within a hospital, touchscreen kiosks are used to provide patients with healthcare information to enable them to improve their own health. Short video clips (e.g. stop smoking, how to wash your hands) can be shown at minimal extra cost compared with alternative solutions. The touchscreen kiosks are typically installed in waiting areas of the hospital. Small touchscreen survey terminals can be installed on wards and in corridors of the hospital to provide instant feedback of patient opinion as they enter or leave an area. The survey points use small touch screens, typically around 10inches to display short feedback surveys and simple messages (e.g. Welcome to radiology, please take part in our short survey...)

Surveys in Education:
Touchscreen surveys can be used in education. In early years (Sure Start), primary and secondary schools, or for further education colleges and University, touch screens provide instant feedback from students, parents and staff. The capability of touchscreen survey systems to provide form-based feedback means that they can be put to great use as online enrolment forms.

Training feedback:
If you run a business which provides training services the quite often you would provide a simple feedback form at the end of the training. The form may be used as a simple test to ensure that the students have understood the training and are now more competent in the subject. Alternatively you may also wish to get feedback about the lecturer as to how well they teach. Training feedback surveys can also be used for health and safety training (e.g. show a short video and then ask 5 questions to ensure the viewer has understood the information).

Conclusion
Getting feedback from staff, customers and service users has never been easier with the introduction of touchscreen surveys. Touchscreen survey software will continue to develop into new fields of use and is really only limited by imagination.

Kiosks4Business Exhibits at the Healthcare Innovation EXPO 2011

Kiosks4Business is a touch screen kiosk company that will be exhibiting its kiosks and kiosk software at the Healthcare Innovation EXPO show during the 9th and 10th of March.

Developed and supported by the Department of Health for the second year, Healthcare Innovation Expo 2011 will help managers, clinicians, nurses and local government drive savings and improved services. The Healthcare Innovation EXPO brings together the best in innovation from the private, public, voluntary, scientific and academic communities. Kiosk4Business is exhibiting their innovative kiosks and kiosk software at the show including the new Mobile Clinical Assistant.

The New Mobile Clinical Assistance is a mobile touch screen platform which can be used with our survey software and other applications software to provide a range of features for patients and carers to use in hospital and other healthcare settings.

At the show we shall also be debuting the myPod kiosk. The myPod Kiosk has been designed for use with Virtual Reception and works equally well in many other customer interaction applications, including healthcare and hospital settings.

At the Healthcare Innovation Expo show over the next couple of days, visitors to the Kiosks4Business stand will have the opportunity to try out the touch screen kiosks and to interact with the various health related software programmes.

Kiosks for Retail and Charities

It's important that retail Kiosks are user friendly and easy to use but most importantly that they provide a speedy service and deal effectively and efficiently with customers. It is important for retail kiosks to provide an excellent service every time as so not to loose the customer’s willingness to self service.

Retail Kiosks are providing more services in-store than simply taking payments for goods. Retail Kiosks are also providing information and advice of the types of products that your customer should consider purchasing or products that they may aspire to purchase, this might be fine wines to sports cars. Retail Kiosks have an un-intrusive way or up selling products to customers.

Charities are finding that kiosks are an ideal way to increase charitable donations that are much needed for their charitable work to continue. Charity kiosks are not only finding their way into charity shop but have also proven popular with churches. Charity kiosks that accept chip and pin payments make it easier for people to give and donate funds to a good cause that they with to support.

Monday, 7 March 2011

Leisure and Tourism Kiosks

Leisure and Tourism KiosksLeisure and Tourism Kiosks are a sophisticated solution for companies in the leisure and tourism industry to provide visitors a self service solution to access information and services. Leisure and Tourism Kiosks have a touch screen interface which make for an intuitive environment and a modern approach to delivering leisure and tourism information.

Visitors could for instance send themselves e-leaflets and e-tourism guides to their mobile devices for later viewing as well as viewing videos and maps of attractions.

Leisure and Tourism Kiosks intended for children to use, as may be the case in zoos and museums, can have bright attractive designs to really appeal to the younger user and to improve their experience of the venue.Interactive Touchscreen Kiosks and Kiosk Software News and Information

Sunday, 6 March 2011

Kiosks for Police and Courts

Kiosks for Police & CourtsKiosk4Business' Police Information point touch screen kiosks enable the police to deliver information and services within the community. Used in A&E departments and ideal for justice courts these kiosks feature attractive designs with intuitive operation and durability.

The courts information kiosks used by the ministry of justice, can be used to provide information and support for victims of crime and to provide access to services and assistance for offenders.

Priosoner information kiosks are ruggedised kiosks designed for use in prisons by prisoners and visitors to access a range of information helping towards rehabilitation. The kiosks can also be used by the probation service to help with support for getting back to work, education and much more.

Thursday, 3 March 2011

AV Test Distribution and Extend

Installing complex AV solutions for museums, reception areas and other applications used to be a daunting task. How do you ensure that the video signals arrive free of interference when screens can be many tens of metres from the video source?

Kiosks4business provide AV test equipment for testing DVI and HDMI signals as well as the ability to perform cable checks and read EDID information from displays. We also have audio test equipment and most AV test equipment is available in both bench and portable versions.

Our Fibre optic video extenders are a great solution to interference-free cable runs and includes options for DVI, HDMI and USB extension. Fibre extenders enable HDMI and DVI signals to be extended from 10M to 1KM or more.

Switching and routing options are also included to manage multiple input sources and routing to numerous display using DVI and HDMI signals. The matrix routers and switch boxes have options including remote control over ethernet or RS485.

Tuesday, 1 March 2011

About Kiosks4Business

If your new to kiosks and wondering if touch screen kiosks will help your organisation then check out our handy guide.

If you'd like to learn more about kiosks, kiosk software and other aspects of delivering information in a public settings please take a look at our articles.

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LCDs and Touch Screens

Touchscreen monitors and other display products designed for digital signage applications, SCADA and process control, museums and many other applications where LCD technology is required.

The monitors are available with screen sizes from 6.4in up to 82in, with 4:3 and 16:9 widescreen HD aspect ratios available. The monitors are available in normal, high brightness - sunglight readable, and transflective.

Touchscreen Monitors have a choice of resistive, capacitive, surface acoustic wave (SAW) and infrared variants with drivers available for most modern operating systems.

The monitor enclosures can be built as open frame, chassis, panel or rack mounted styles.

For tough environments, IP65 and stainless steel monitors should be considered.