Are self-service airports in our future?

September 13, 2007

Smarter Travel: As the automatic doors part, you step into your familiar old airport. Except it's not familiar at all. Gone are the ticket clerks, baggage…

Virtual visitor info kiosks placed in southern Calif.

September 13, 2007

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Kern County, California has announced the installation of outdoor touch-screen interactive visitor information kiosks at the Flying J…

Greeting-card kiosk enhances wine-shopping experience

September 12, 2007

TORONTO — Curiosk Marketing Solutions Inc. has released a new in-store touchscreen wine kiosk. Launched at the Wine Rack in downtown Toronto, the kiosk…

Mayo Clinic self-check-in offers innovative customer design

September 12, 2007

Business Week: It is strange to me that common practice in the service sector is to still test potential innovations with simple, written-concept statements.

Fort Wayne tourism agency deploys kiosk

September 11, 2007

WARSAW, Ind. — The Fort Wayne/Allen County Convention and Visitors Bureau has partnered with Video and Sound Productions to launch interactive kiosks that…

Paris self-service bike service sought by Chicago

September 11, 2007

PARIS — The United States' third-largest city, Chicago, may soon adopt a rent-a-bike scheme similar to the one launched this summer in Paris, Chicago Mayor…

Voters trust touchscreen voting, poll says

September 11, 2007

San Diego Union Tribune: Amid the ongoing controversy about the security of electronic-voting machines, the vast majority of California voters have some…

IBM to provide services for Kodak kiosks in South America

September 11, 2007

ARMONK, N.Y. — IBM Corp. agreed to provide hardware and software services for Eastman Kodak Co.'s Kodak Picture kiosks in South America. Financial terms of…

Pay-and-display parking kiosks debut

September 10, 2007

Sacramento (Calif.) Business Journal: The first 100 of 300 new pay-and-display parking kiosks have been deployed in downtown and midtown Sacramento, Calif.

INM Reach serves up kiosk content at U.S. Open

September 10, 2007

MONTREAL — Integration New Media Inc. used its flagship INM Reach technology as part of a suite-based media/hospitality program for 2007's U.S. Open tennis…

INM Reach serves up kiosk content at U.S. Open

September 10, 2007

MONTREAL, Quebec — Integration New Media Inc. had announced that its flagship INM Reach technology is being leveraged as part of a suite-based, enhanced…

Interactive missing-persons kiosk deployed at New York airport

September 10, 2007

(Albany, N.Y.) WXXA-TV, Channel 23: New York State is rolling out a new tool an the effort to locate missing children — an interactive kiosk aimed at getting…

Schuitema tests RFID in grocery stores

September 10, 2007

RFID Journal: One hundred consumers who shop at the C1000 grocery store in Molenaarsgraaf, Netherlands, have started paying with mobile phones equipped with…

Air France eyes use of biometrics to board passengers

September 10, 2007

Air Transport World: Air France will pilot a program by year end that uses biometric information encrypted on a small card to enable a passenger to obtain…

Do kiosks have a future in airline check-in?

Mutiple check-in forms will drive airport self-service in the future.

MEI cash acceptor integrated into DFW Airport kiosks

September 10, 2007

MEI announced today that the newly deployed power supply kiosk stations at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) utilize MEI Series 2000 cash…

Self-checkout study: Consumers scanned $137 billion in 2006

September 9, 2007

FRANKLIN, Tenn. — IHL Consulting Group has released its 2007 North American Self-Checkout Systems Market Study, which focuses on statistics of self-checkout…

USPS giving cash to kiosk users

September 9, 2007

The Greensboro (N.C.) News and Record: The U.S. Postal Service wants its customers to handle their own postage — and is offering cash prizes to those who…

Saregama India launches digital music kiosks

September 9, 2007

MUMBAI, India — Saregama India is selling its music to mobile consumers through digital kiosks. Currently launched in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai, in…

Kiosks speed dreaded DMV wait time

September 6, 2007

The (Montpelier, Vt.) Times-Argus: Vermont's Department of Motor Vehicles has deployed kiosks in each of its five permanent branch offices and…