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Aug. 21, 2014   During peak mail seasons, with textbook arrivals and holiday cards and gifts, Loyola University Maryland students could spend a half hour or more waiting to retrieve packages, according to a press release.   At the same time, checking of student mailboxes had declined on Loyola's campus, as information technology changed. Many times mailboxes weren't checked through the year, causing additional work for university staff having to empty them at the end of the semester. One Loyola student, didn't discover a Valentine's Day card in her campus mailbox until April, the release said.   To address the issue, Loyola called on Tokyo-based Ricoh Americas Corp. to install a self-service mail kiosk, the Ricoh University Kiosk, on campus. The change resulted in more storage space and freed up 10,000 square feet for the university, the release said.   As a package arrives, students are notified via email. They pay a visit to the mail center kiosk and swipe their student ID, which automatically alerts mail staff to the characteristics and location of the student's package.   Instead of a traditional mail system, the Ricoh solution sorts mail into rolling racks. Small scanners worn on their finger allow employees to sort mail according to bar codes.  The bar codes send an automatic email alert to students who receive mail and also track wait time during pickup. Wait time has been reduced from 30 minutes to under a minute, according to the release.   Topics: Custom Kiosks , Education / Schools Kiosk , Post Office Kiosk , Self-Checkout Kiosk

Kimball, Nebraska has installed the states "first and only interactive travel kiosk."    The kiosk, which is housed at High Point Welcome Center in Kimball, was donated to the facility by the town's Kimball Partners. Users can access wayfinding information about the state and interactive maps with area attractions, lodging and shopping, the article said. It also gets the word out about local businesses with advertisements starting at $10 a month: "This works for you seven days a week. Pictures sell, and those of us who do marketing for the community know that pictures sell. Now you have a chance to show what you've got, out a video on it of what you've got," said Director of Kimball/Banner County Tourism Jo Caskey in the article.     Topics: Interactive / Touchscreen Kiosk , Tourism & Travel Kiosk , Transportation / Travel kiosk

Mintel has released an analysis of 2015 consumer trends.   The trends are likely to be the "most impactful for 2015," the company said. Among those are increasing demands for retail convenience and customization, "blurring the lines between digital and brick-and-mortar." The Internet transformed shopping to a need for convenience and immediacy that consumers now expect, Mintel reported. For example, the data found that 32 percent of facial skincare users are open to purchasing products on the go, such as those in vending machines and kiosks. Increasingly, shoppers are interested in new formats for obtaining products.   "At the heart of this trend is that our on-demand, instant gratification culture is spreading," said Mintel trends analyst Stacy Glasgow. "These conveniences also are not only for city-dwellers as more business models, including in-store pick-up or subscription services, bring the benefits of modern life to suburban and rural residents. This 'at-your-convenience' expectation is likely to influence other customer service-based industries, and we predict that consumers will want to see more customized, on-demand access to financial services, healthcare and more."   Topics: Retail Payment Kiosks , Trends / Statistics , Vending Bill Acceptor Kiosks

Shenzhen metropolis daily news (reporter Ting-ting gao) insurance relationship transfer voucher, personal rights and interests of the single, ginseng protect personal details...As long as you need, the social security self-service terminal can not only help you to query and printing, printed with GaiHaoDe red seal!Take number and "lines" farewell, farewell repeated affix one's seal.Recently, the reporter understands from the city social security bureau, shenzhen self-service terminals are partial upgrading of social security, the updated terminal can query and deal with 33 items of business. Reporter in the lo wu see many people are using kiosks, social security bureau operation is very simple, almost don't have to line up.It is reported that in recent years, zhuhai launched a variety of convenient new measures of social security branch, promote the equalization of public service of social security, will also be self-service terminal to the base of social security, let those people in the "home" to "one-stop" to deal with a number of social security business. According to introducing, self-service terminal has become the important supplement of the window of social security services.Fukuda branch, for example, in the branch of the department service hall to install the 32 self-service terminals, only provide individual ginseng protects certificate, social security relations transfer voucher printing business, such as average monthly services in more than 20000 people, more and more ginseng protect unit and ginseng protect people choose self-service terminal nearby to conduct social security business. At present, luohu branch of social security, Mr Fukuda, each branch and longhua branch has configured the 11 and 12 sets of 4, a new generation of kiosks.Respectively installed in futian district government affairs center, futian district service center of enterprise development, park ridge streets;Luohu district government affairs center, luohu district social security bureau;Longhua, wave three social security management, by the people, and for the foxconn campus and longhua new district social security bureau.According to the relevant person in charge of the above three branch, branch is underway to arrange other terminal upgrade, and strive to achieve a self-service terminals, personal web platform and WeChat public platform of "three network data seamless docking.   Keywords: business terminal of social security  

  Some issues to pay attention when giving cash changes Dispensing cash from your kiosk can be invaluable for making change for your customers like a human cashier, but also introduces several new challenges. Most people familiar with bill acceptors think of a bill recycler as simply an add-on component which dispenses cash, but this is far from the case. Dispensing bills greatly increases the complexity of the device and the logic required by your kiosk application in order to gracefully complete a cash transaction. All of these challenges can be overcome with careful planning and the reduced cashier expenses will be well worth the investment.   1. Running out of cash to dispense In order to avoid running out of cash to dispense, you will require detailed knowledge of your daily sales volume to gauge just how often you'll need to refill your bill recycler. At first, you'll want to regularly refill your bill recycler and determine the number of bills remaining of each denomination. This knowledge will be useful for determining the right bill denominations to recycle. We also recommend building a real-time notification system into your kiosk application which lets you know exactly when your bill recycler reaches critical thresholds. The MEI BNR has support for defining notification thresholds but it's up to you to roll your own notification system. With careful monitoring and regular refilling you can help ensure that your bill recycler will have the notes necessary to make change.   2. Choosing the right bill denominations to recycle A common misconception about bill recyclers is that they can dispense bills of any denomination. The reality is that just because your bill acceptor can accept a bill of a certain denomination doesn't mean it can dispense that denomination. Your bill recycler limits the number of denominations you can recycle. The MEI BNR, one of the largest bill recyclers, limits you to four denominations due to its four recyclers. Smaller recyclers like the MEI SCR limit you to two denominations of your choosing. The MEI VNR, an even smaller bill recycler designed for vending, limits you to dispensing only $1 and $5 notes. The process of choosing the right denominations to recycle varies per business. For instance, if your device has four recyclers and most of the transactions are less than $20, then it would be best to disallow accepting notes over $20 and then filling your recyclers with only $1 and $5 notes. For larger transactions, typically reaching into the hundreds of dollars, then it would be wise to have a couple recyclers with higher denomination notes.   3. Device constraints with the number of bills that can be dispensed Your bill recycler will have a limit on the number of bills it can dispense, often referred to as a "note count limit." Let's take a look at how the note count limit affects giving change. For example, if the transaction total is $125 and your customer inserts $200, this means that $75 is due. If you’re only dispensing $1 and $5 notes then the bill stack may reach the note limit of a recycler. In this case, your kiosk application will have to be smart enough to handle dispensing change from multiple transactions. When the note limit is overrun, then multiple dispense transactions will be necessary to give change to your customers. Additional logic will have to be implemented to ensure that all transactions can successfully dispense change or else we’re stuck with partial change. As you can see there's a lot more to dispensing change then just sending a message to your bill recycler instructing it to dispense a given dollar amount.   4. What if the customer doesn't have enough cash to complete the transaction? When I talk about "rolling back a transaction," I'm referring to the scenario where the customer doesn't have enough cash to complete the transaction, They should get their money back right? Yes, but there may be a problem with that. Let me explain why rolling back a transaction might not always work. Let’s say your bill recycler is configured to dispense $1, $5, $10 and $20 notes. Now let’s say the customer need to insert $910 to complete their transaction. She inserts four $100 notes and 25 $20 notes for a total of $900. At this point she is $10 short and doesn't have the cash on hand to complete the transaction, Since you have a bill recycler capable of dispensing cash you want to refund her money right? This brings up an issue. The four $100 notes she inserted are now in the cashbox and cannot be dispensed. Remember, your device is configured to recycle only smaller bills, not $100 notes. This means that your bill recycler has to find the extra $400 to make up for those notes in the recyclers. What happens if there isn’t another $400 in the recyclers to give? Even if there is the available cash to dispense, SHOULD you dispense the available $400 and massively deplete your smaller bills? Doing so could cause you to run out of cash to dispense for future transactions much sooner than anticipated. This is also why the real-time notification system is a good idea, so you can detect critical thresholds and react accordingly. This also brings me back to my point on the importance of choosing the right denominations to recycle. If you fail to do so you may not be able to return the customer's money in a case where they can't complete the transaction.   5. Not having exact change What should you do in the case when your bill recycler doesn’t have the exact change available to dispense? Let’s say you owe the customer $50 change and your bill recycler only has $45. Should you dispense partial change to the customer and direct the customer to get their remaining $5 from a cashier? Or maybe don’t dispense change at all and direct the customer to a cashier in order to receive the full amount. This is a difficult question that you'll have to answer based on what makes the most sense for your business. The morale of the story, is make sure don't run out of change by refilling your bill recycler frequently and ideally using a notification system.  

Outdoor kiosks are typically two, sometimes three times the cost of indoor kiosks. The reasons are varied but can best be summarized as follows:     Kiosk Design: An outdoor kiosk needs to be designed from the ground up as a watertight enclosure. It is generally not cost-effective to try to modify an indoor kiosk model to be outdoors compliant. The primary reason for this is that the kiosk needs to have all seams watertight and must be insulated on the inner walls to protect from heat and cold. Outdoor kiosks also need to be much more durable in construction as they will more often than not, be in unsupervised environments. After all is said and done, the outdoor enclosure (the cabinet only) is twice the cost of a comparable indoor unit.     Kiosk Display: The monitor must not be susceptible to .sunlight washout.. The effect is most commonly seen on ATM machines in the sunlight: you cannot read what.s on the screen due to direct or indirect sunlight. The solution is high backlighting and this can only be done on LCD monitors. LCD monitors in themselves are a bit more expensive than CRT monitors, although the cost differences are narrowing. High backlighting more than triples the cost of a LCD. For example, a 15. LCD with touch screen and with high backlighting and will cost about $2,000. The decision to use high backlighting is up to the customer but if they decline, we will want that in writing. Before you ask, we will not deliver outdoor kiosks without the LCD solution. We will never provide a CRT solution. The CRT approach has proven to yield unsatisfactory results and we want no part of that since an unsatisfactory monitor solution is virtually assured.     HVAC: The kiosk may well require a heater/air conditioner installed to maintain an acceptable temperature and humidity inside the kiosk. Depending on the environment, we may have to use various degrees of air treatment methods, which may add up to $3,200 to the cost of the kiosk. There are some areas in the country that may allow outdoor solutions without HVAC or your outdoor installation may be in-wall where you can take advantage of air conditioning in the building for your kiosk. The issue, however, is not only heat but also humidity. Protecting the electronics inside the kiosk is expensive.       PC Hardware:  Because of heat generated by the components inside the kiosk (mostly by the LCD and the PC), we recommend the use of a very small form factor, low heat generating PC. This adds to the PC cost a bit but lowers the amount of heat that must be removed by the air treatment/conditioner system. Bigger PCs generate more heat and more heat means more expensive and capable air treatment/conditioning which costs more, etc., etc.     Kiosk installation:  This is an extra and un-calculated cost of outdoor kiosks. Typically, outdoor kiosks need to be bolted to the ground, which implies that they have a level cement slab on which to be mounted. There must be power and whatever other connectivity you will need, delivered to the kiosk (frequently underground and through the cement slab). The power cables and connections must also be watertight and in agreement with local electrical standards which vary from state to state. The site preparation for this could be costly and time-consuming, as you will have building permits, specific guidance from the state or local government, specific subcontractors that must be used and related costs and delays to complete this.

The UK’s only self-service & digital signage exhibition over for another year KIOSK LONDON EXPO 2014 & DIGITAL SIGNAGE LONDON 2014 drew to a close in London on the 16th October, attracting praise from visitors and exhibitors alike for the quality of this year’s only self- service UK event.     This year’s open forum had a focus on the future of self-service solutions and technologies. Many speakers shared insightful research and real case studies that demonstrate the technologies that are currently being piloted, each session finished with a short question and answer session, which was gratefully received.   # GRAEME DERBY, MANAGING DIRECTOR, MEDIA 5 – Why we must move on from kiosks!   # COLIN PIZEY, OWNER OF IBLINK – DIGIMANITY – Opportunities & Threats in Our Changing Digital Landscape   # DANIEL RUSSELL, ANALYST, INVIDIS CONSULTING GMBH – At the heartbeat of the industry – new market research for the Digital Signage industry in EMEA   # KEVIN WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR, KWP LTD – The Entertainment Dimension in Kiosk and Signage.   # STEPHEN MILLARD, CEO, ECCOMPLISHED – Digital In-store Transformation: The technology and trends shaping the future of retail   # NEIL TITTENSOR, SERVICE DIRECTOR, ITAB SHOP PRODUCTS UK – How to use all your store assets to improve the in-store experience for the digital shopper and drive sales     “The event was a resounding success with an exceptionally strong first day seeing many top names attending, the high caliber of visitors to the show reinforces the interest in self-service and digital signage throughout the UK market,” We were delighted that the event provides a unique platform for visitors to discover the best consumer interactivity in the industry,” commented Jan Back, Event Manager, hf media & events.     Next year’s show will build on the successes of this year and is due to take place in October 2015 at The Barbican Exhibition Hall, London.

The idea of an outdoor kiosk for most of us brings to mind DVD rentals. However, businesses across the country are finding innovative ways to bring self-service outdoors – making buying products and services easier, faster and more efficient. The anytime, anywhere architecture of an outdoor kiosk provides endless possibilities for consumers on-the-go. Self-storage businesses, for instance, are now using kiosks to operate their storage facilities 24 hours. Customers can use the kiosks to rent bicycles on a short- or long-term contract. LKS outdoor kiosk use for rent bicycles at Metrol Station, nearly averty metrol station for line one in shenzhen city have our outdoor kiosk LKS8233   Disneyland recently installed self-service stroller rental kiosks at the stroller and wheelchair rental booth. Parents who forgot their strollers at home, are travelling or ran out of space in their cars may visit the kiosks and use credit cards to rent up to five strollers for as long as six days.   Outdoor kiosks are even helping our city go more green. Shenzhen provides kiosk bike rentals to expand public transportation options. Not only are the bicycles eco-friendly, the rental kiosks are solar powered. Long Beach intends to provide 1000 bicycles divided between more than 200 bike kiosks throughout the downtown area.    It's clear that both the general public and businesses are embracing the flexibility of the kiosk. With outdoor kiosks, businesses are able to maximize their sales by offering products and services at anytime without the need for staff while still providing quality customer service. From DVDs to strollers to eco-friendly bikes, self-service is taking hold in new ways everyday and continues to evolve     . Topics: Outdoor Kiosk,  Tourism & Travel Kiosk , Interactive / Touchscreen Kiosk ,  Transportation / Travel kiosk

How It Works Bike Chattanooga is a bicycle transit system featuring hundreds of bikes at over 33 stations located throughout Chattanooga and available for us 24/7, 365 days a year. Each station has a touchscreen kiosk, system and neighborhood map, and docking points which releases bikes using a member key or ride code. You must be 16 years or older to ride Bike Chattanooga. Rent Purchase an Annual Membership online or buy a 24-Hour Pass from any Bike Shenzhen station. (Additional membership types are available, please see our Pricing page for more information.) Annual Members will receive a unique Bike shenzhen key in the mail after submitting their membership form. Release Annual Members simply dip their key into the slot at any docking point with an available bike. 24-Hour Pass riders will be provided a 5-digit ride code to type into a dock keypad to unlock a bicycle. Ride You'll get unlimited 60 minute trips for the duration of your Membership or Pass. Run an errand, grab a bite, commute to work or school, or just enjoy the beautiful Scenic City! Return Lock the bike back at any station. Wait for the green light on the dock to confirm the bike is secure. Bike shenzhen staff are constantly monitoring and balancing stations to make sure stations are neither full nor empty. Repeat Take as many trips as you want during your Membership or Pass. Take any Bike shenzhen bike, anytime! Enjoy putting your own spin on Shenzhen.

On October 12, with "the development of new economy, cultivating new kinetic energy" as the theme of "2016 national entrepreneurship among the innovation cycle" opened in shenzhen.All domestic largest gen space - CEO Steve Nash space Zhang Jian were invited to attended the double and held on the day of the week Chinese and foreign guest leader seminars, and Tim cook, ma, ma and other domestic and foreign well-known gen guest leader discussion entrepreneurial innovation trend.Premier li keqiang attended the symposium.Zhang Jian said, "office space to the physical level of operations, and not all the gen the entire contents of the space industry, committed to the future office, ecological construction is the basic power of the development and space."    

As a Boulder County corporation, KIOSK Information Systems (KIOSK) is set in one of the “greenest” and most environmentally conscious regions in the country.  With the recent achievement of ISO14001:2004 Environmental Management Standard Certification, KIOSK’s manufacturing processes are proven to align with these eco-friendly values in both theory and practice.   KIOSK COO, Dan Houck explains the reasoning for KIOSK pursuing ISO14001 Certification.  “Over the years, the eco-awareness of our teams has been sharpened by designing and building very high-profile self-service deployments in bike sharing, recycling and other solution platforms where environmental health is at the heart of the project intent.  These are among many projects that prompted us to exceed normal industry standards and invest in the full-blown ISO14001 Certification of our Environmental Management processes.  KIOSK has been ISO9001:2008 Certified for quality since 2005, and we saw real value in undergoing a stringent process audit to confirm we’re providing best in class performance on all the environmental management benchmarks tied to our business.”   In order to achieve ISO14001, auditors authenticated KIOSK recycling processes for all waste stream elements including steel, electronics, cardboard, and employee trash.  Auditors also confirm OSHA standard compliance tied to responsible disposal of all chemicals involved in manufacturing processes.     KIOSK Engineering teams further effect end-solution energy efficiency of enclosures in the field through unique design elements.   Long-term power consumption demands are decreased through routine integration of high-efficiency components, alternative cooling mechanisms, and provision of off-grid solar power options. KIOSK CEO Tom Weaver states, “As a leader in green self-services solutions, we continually drive both our design and manufacturing practices to ‘push the envelope’ on footprint minimization.  Defining environmentally conscious steps throughout design and now manufacturing really helps to frame the most eco-friendly solutions available.  It’s very encouraging to see the compound effect of small changes and innovations over time.”   

Swapbox, a San Francisco startup, could solve age-old time constraints for post offices in the Bay Area, according to pfsk.com.   New automated postal kiosks allow customers to send and receive packages outside normal business hours. Customers can drop off packages inside Swapbox, enter a delivery address and select a shipping speed via an interactive touchscreen.   The tracking system notifies customers where a package has been shipped and when a package has arrived. Users have 24 hours to pick up delivered items or choose from other options offered in the system. Customers can pay per package delivery fees or monthly fees for unlimited service, the article said.