Connecticut tests new voting machines

November 14, 2005

Hartford (Connecticut) Courant: Yes, Virginia, in an era of voter apathy, people stood in line for up to two hours just to test three electronic touchscreen…

CASE STUDY: No more unpaid parking tickets in Milwaukee

November 13, 2005

The City of Milwaukee wanted to automate the collection of parking citation payments and sales of mandatory night street parking permit stickers. Pay-Ease Inc.

New York tests kiosks for commuter info

November 13, 2005

New York Post: The state is testing a series of computerized information kiosks in Brooklyn that update commuters on everything from mass transit to…

Ohio touchscreen-enabled election called a success

November 10, 2005

ALLEN, Texas - Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell described Ohio's first large-scale use of modern voting systems as a great success. "It was a great…

Is RFID for airline luggage feasible?

November 9, 2005

Silicon.com: According to a report by consultancy BearingPoint in conjunction with German airline Hapagfly, RFID for luggage tracking is feasible but it's not…

Competition was steep for the 6th Annual Kiosk Awards

The 6th Annual Kiosk Awards were announced Oct. 18 at the Self-Service & Kiosk Show in San Francisco. Find out which self-service devices took home the honors.

Touchscreen voting debuts in Ohio

November 7, 2005

WHIO-TV: New electronic voting machines debut Tuesday in many parts of the Miami Valley, including Montgomery County. Most voters said they seem to like the…

New biometric plan for airline security unveiled

November 3, 2005

Newsday: Kip Hawley, director of the Transportation Security Administration, told a congressional committee Thursday that the agency plans to move ahead with a…

Reaching all of your audience

November 2, 2005

The Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, went into effect in 1992. Its aim is to give "civil rights protections to individuals with disabilities similar to…

Kiosks behind bars

November 2, 2005

In most cases, kiosks need to "take money to make money" - that is, in addition to credit and debit card payment methods, the machines should be able to accept…

Reaching all of your audience

November 1, 2005

The Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, went into effect in 1992. Its aim is to give "civil rights protections to individuals with disabilities similar to…

Kiosks behind bars

November 1, 2005

In most cases, kiosks need to "take money to make money" - that is, in addition to credit and debit card payment methods, the machines should be able to accept…

Prisoners get touchscreen rehab

October 26, 2005

Silicon.com (U.K.): British prisoners are using touchscreen information kiosks as part of a government scheme to reduce rates of reoffending and depression. HM…

Show emphasizes the big picture of self-service (cont.)

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

The name change was telling: The Self-Service & Kiosk Show (formerly The Kiosk Show) took a much broader view of self-service as a business strategy. Kiosks…

E-voting won't be verified until 2006

October 25, 2005

ZDNet: Electronic voting systems aren't likely to be sufficiently secure even by the 2006 elections, government auditors have warned. Existing systems are rife…

Show emphasizes the big picture of self-service

The name change was telling: The Self-Service & Kiosk Show (formerly The Kiosk Show) took a much broader view of self-service as a business strategy. Kiosks…

Post-deployment marketing promotes success

How companies market their kiosks and self-service devices after the machines are deployed is just as important to a deployment's success as the initial…

Kiosks.org Association announces name change

October 19, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO - kiosks.org association announced today at its annual meeting that it would change its name to the Self-Service & Kiosk Association…

Wrap-up: The Self-Service & Kiosk Show, day two

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

October 19, 2005

The second day of this season's Self-Service and Kiosk Show started early, with the annual meeting of the kiosks.org association. And one of the key…

MEI announces support for new $10 bill

October 19, 2005

WEST CHESTER, Pa. - MEI, developer of unattended payment systems, announced in a news release plans to seamlessly transition retail customers to accept the…