Image by Getty Images via Daylife Michael Jackson’s Memorial was one of those events which will no doubt not only go down in music history but will stay in the minds of the millions of viewers for a very long time. With so much to organise, consider & deal...
There are many uses for people tracking in retail areas, from simple people counting to determining customer flow, dwell time etc. This weekend at a rock festival in Brussels, bluetooth technology is being used to observe the movement of tens of thousands of festival...
Microsoft’s new Project Natal has the retail world buzzing but not only because of its potential gaming sales. Its also potentially game-changing for retail store design. Project Natal is, in a nutshell, “controller-free gaming”. Its a small black...
7.4 million tonnes of chocolate were consumed globally in 2008, which Rabobank estimates had a retail value of around AUD127 billion. This has been growing as a category for a number of years and in the GEC has continued to prove robust – after all what’s...
Dr. Luca Tommasi and Daniele Marzoli from the University “Gabriele d’Annunzio” in Chieti, Italy, have recently undertaken a series of studies looking at ear preference in communication between people. One of the best known asymmetries in humans is...
New to Frankfurt Airport – a vending machine which dispenses gold bars. The prototype was trialed at Frankfurt Airport and is now being rolled out to 500 locations around Germany. It can dispense 1g, 5g & 10g gold bars/coins. The 1g wafer thin piece sells...
