museum touch screen monitors pricelist

I get this question from friends and clients fairly regularly. What kind of recommendations do you have for a touch screen in an exhibit for my budget?

I originally posted this on June 21, 2017, last week I did a presentation at the New Mexico Association of Museums conference and wanted embed my presentation. I"ve also updated the content to include some more ideas.

Cons: The Pi is a wonderful thing for the price, but it isn"t a super powerful computer. You won"t be able to run really fancy, graphically intensive programs on this. Also, the screen isn"t big - only 7" diagonal. Finally, I am not sure I"m ready to guarantee that this is museum quality hardware that can withstand children banging on it every day.

Cons: I"ve heard a lot bad about using them in exhibits when they"re mounted. They tend to overheat and break down. They"re really not made for that kind of thing. Also has a small screen.

Project Ideas: So they tend to work pretty well as reference guides for docents, but that can also backfire. I"ve been to museums where instead of interfacing with visitors, the docents have their nose down on the tablet and are just reading stuff to them. It"s pretty silly, frankly. Visitors are also capable of Googling things.

Pros: Small and inexpensive. Great for streaming media, also can purchase in Enterprise Mode if you want to manage a bunch of them or unlock other options. They"re compatible with some touchscreens, but you"re likely better off using something else if you"re trying to create a touchscreen kiosk program.

Project Ideas: One particular project that I know this is being used for is the ViewSpace theater in the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science. The old computer died, so now they"re streaming the content using a Chromebox.

Cons: I"ve seen these get broken into a lot in exhibits. Apparently there are some better ways to lock them down now, though. Small screen. If you want to have your app run on it, you have to go through the Apple Store even if you don"t want it to run anywhere else.

Cons: Make sure you build a good case for this thing. I"ve seen people break into these with a flash drive if you don"t block all the ports. Also not a good choice if you want a huge screen.

Pros: This is a really unique piece of hardware that allows you to include physical pieces in your interactive. You also get two touchscreens for the price of one, which is a good deal. There are free apps that you can download from the Sprout marketplace that are pretty neat - there"s a measuring app, an app that allows you to create stop-motion videos, one that lets you convert currency, and many more.

Cons: Sometimes difficult to work with. On the first version, the hardware was a little finicky. I had to have one of the touch mats replaced, but on the other hand, the support staff was really friendly and mailed the parts right away. Hopefully they"ve improved that. Also, the buttons to turn it on and off are in a really conspicuous place, so you should be mindful of how you use it in your space.

Cost: Touch screens range from ~$250 for the smallish ones (in which case you should just buy an all-in-one PC) to $1600 for a 55" to $11k for an 80" one!

Pros: You can get exactly what you need to run really awesome software that makes a huge visual impact. They"re also flat screens, so you have a lot of options for embedding it in the wall and making a seamless experience.

Cons: Software cost will be a little bit higher than a typical touchscreen because you have to spend more time on the installation and testing. Don"t expect to get perfect touch capability unless you buy an expensive all-in-one setup. This is better for more experiential interactives. Also, make sure you plan this for a dark room - if you want to put it somewhere near a window, expect to pay A LOT of money for a projector!

Project Ideas: One of my favorite things I"ve seen with this is an interactive sandbox (shown above). You move the sand around with your hands and then it projects a topographical map on it. A fun program that my colleagues at Highlands did for a museum in Las Cruces is a thing where you step on dinosaur footprints to learn more about what dinosar made them. All kinds of good stuff!

Cons: Expensive, debatable how long they last. I"ve heard that they aren"t projected to last much more than 3 years, but you can replace the touch screen if you need to.

If you really want to make a statement and put something huge in your space, think about a touch wall. They"re not as limited by light as a projection, and they"ll definitely turn heads. These can either be purchased as straight - up video or as touchscreens.

Cost: Goes up exponentially! You"re looking at $50k - 100k for the screens alone. You also need to get a beefy computer with a really beefy graphics card to be able to handle running a program on multiple screens simultaneously.

Cons: Very expensive! You"ll need to talk to a company that specializes in them. For my research, I talked to Planar Technology and they were helpful and great even though they knew I couldn"t buy anything. They make professional grade products, which is important. You don"t want to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a product that will break or not be able to hold up to the rigors of a museum environment.

If you’re the owner or manager of a museum, you should know that that installing interactive screens throughout your museum will make the information presented more accessible, more interesting for young people, and more modern. Visitors at your museum will take note of how convenient and easy it was to navigate and understand each exhibit with the help of your interactive touch screen solutions.

Imagine being able to explore the history of each exhibit through the combination of a variety of media. There’s no limit to what you can do with touch screens for museums by Digital Touch Systems. Our touch systems allow total synchronization among all devices, and integration of fully customized features.

However you want the software for your digital screens to work, we can accommodate you with them. Our talented and hardworking touch screen software development crew can make your ideas come to life. Your logo and museum name can be included in each page of your personalized touch screen software. If you choose, you can communicate directly with our touch screen software team to make sure they add all of the functions you want and design it the way you like it.

We can deliver all products straight to your museum. Setting them up takes only minutes. They will include all mounts and everything you need for installation. At Digital Touch Systems, we stand by the quality of our products. Let us provide you with touch screens for museums that bring your displays to life! Take the first step and contact us today!

The choice to use a touchscreen, keyboard, or both should be based on the application software and how much data the user may be expected to input.  A touchscreen works best on a larger screen size when the user is presented with clear touch choices on the kiosk screen, with little or no keyboard input required.  If some keyboard input is required, a virtual keyboard can be used for that.

Touch screen interactive kiosks, also known as self serve kiosks, place 24/7 access to products and services in any location for the benefit and convenience of users and customers. Kiosks are a force-multiplier and allow owners to broaden and enhance their reach to their customers. Below are just a few examples of indoor and outdoor kiosk applications:

Wayfinding Kiosk: This provides a map and directory to the user for use in parks and recreation areas, events, building lobbies, cemeteries, etc. These touch kiosks usually do not require any additional kiosk peripherals.

Trade Show kiosk: Touch kiosks are perfect to take to trade shows because they can present booth visitors with a huge amount of product information along with marketing material, photos, videos, etc.  And the kiosks can capture visitor information for follow-up using a barcode scanner or magnetic card reader. These kiosks usually include a barcode scanner and/or magnetic card reader to capture visitor information for lead follow-up.

Museum Kiosk: Museums love interactive kiosks.  What better way to enhance and deepen a museum exhibit than with a large-screen, interactive touch kiosk that can display a wealth of information to the visitor? From hi-resolution photos to HD videos, these kiosks can be any size but usually tend to be larger, 32” and up, to present the user with greater impact.

Touch kiosks can perform a wide range of tasks for users including registering users for events, self-check-in, accepting payments and donations, point of care, access control, and more.

Hotel check-in, flight check-in, community event check-in, healthcare check-in, and child-check-in are among dozens of kiosk check-in applications in common use.  These kiosks typically have peripherals like a label printer, barcode scanner, and card reader for check-in verification and validation, but could also just be a touch screen with no additional peripherals.

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Theme parks, museums, visitor centers, trade shows and conferences – the list goes on and on – cannot go back to what we were used to before the events of the past months. Ultimately it does not matter what any of us in the various related industries think about all of this. If we are to have visitors return and get back to a functioning economy, we have to create environments that are safe, and perceived to be safe for patrons in order to alleviate fears, real or imagined

The QuickSilver™ system is a complete, advanced and well-established AV solution with several successful installations, including the first visitor center where the only printed graphics is the wall paper – everything else is covered with pixels, and driven by QuickSilver™. We’ve always had various inputs including a range of different sensor inputs, and different types of outputs. During this time, we identified different needs, and have continued to work on further developments and extensions for QuickSilver™ to create new contact-less ways to activate exhibits. This has resulted in a new subsection of our QuickSilver™ product line: the QS7200 Touchless Technology series. Not only that, but since we already had an agnostic user interface that allows for staff to control our systems with just about any smart device, we decided to expand those capabilities within our TeaParty show controller. That in turn allowed us to provide a safe way to allow our visitors to activate exhibits by using their own devices.

Of course, all of this needs to be combined with other factors within venues. These spaces will need crowd management to ensure physical distancing (we dislike the use of the term ’social distancing’ as that, in our opinion, is the last thing we need). Venues can also implement one-way pulsed visitor flow, mask and glove requirements for employees, and options such as (far) UVC sterilization of air conditioner returns and restrooms. Even so, none of that helps unless we can provide touch-free systems to make sure our visitors are comfortable in the space.

We have four different touchless ways of dealing with touchscreens. None of them affect the basic use of the touchscreen – you can still use that too. You can either convert an ordinary monitor to be controlled, or you can add one of these options to the touchscreen’s functionality. Anyone who prefers to use a touchscreen can do so.  However, if someone doesn’t want to touch a touchscreen, there are options.

We have produced a new QuickSilver™ no-touch touchscreen solution that can be added to a touchscreen interactive, or it can be used to convert a monitor to make it interactive. Just stand in front of the screen, look at it, and your facial movement will be enough to guide the cursor. If you want to activate a button, look at it for a second or so, and it’ll be ‘pressed’. This is a very affordable optical solution that converts full touch functionality to facial tracking – no contact required. You’ll see the cursor on this screen – simply move it by looking around the monitor.

If we are using infrared surrounds in front of the touchscreen, we can move the touch overlay away from the monitor or monitors. A disadvantage of this approach is that you have increased parallax, but if the ‘buttons’ on the screen are large enough to accommodate that parallax then this is perfectly acceptable as an approach. We have previously used this on exhibits, and it works well.

We can put an image of the various ‘buttons’ on the screen that can be activated on a graphic panel (or we could line them up on the screen), and by reaching out to the appropriate button, you can activate it. A QuickSilver™ linear sensor allows you to select different ranges to activate different ‘buttons’ – so from 2-5 inches you’d activate the first buttons, from 6-9 inches the next one, etc. One sensor can be used to select multiple ‘buttons’ on the screen or on the graphics. This image shows a touchscreen that has been converted to touchless technology with 8 videos controlled by one sensor.

The final alternative for now is our Bring-Your-Own-Device scenario. Since QuickSilver™ is designed with all kinds of user interfaces, it was easy for us to add a BYOD type of interface. Activate the camera on your phone or other smart device tablet, scan the QR code mounted with the interactive, and the control screen for the interactive comes up on your device.

Of course the BYOD device option makes for an interesting solution- and although we had not mentioned it before, it is completely possible to use this with our QuickSilver™ systems. We can allow visitors to control touchscreen based or electro-mechanical interactives, trigger media, events, narrations, or sound bytes in our 3D audio systems. Just scan the QR code and you’ll get a tailored display on your phone that will allow you to trigger narratives, effects, or any other audio tracks.

Let’s look at the standard button. Since the virus can live on any button made out of plastic or stainless for up to 72 hours, nobody wants to touch buttons. You cannot realistically keep it safe – you’d have to clean the button, figure out how to clean the gap around it, and clean the local area after every use, something that cannot really be done. Visitors could use gloves, but an environment where you need to use gloves at all times is obviously not a great confidence builder, so we have produced ’touchless buttons’. As part of the system settings, you can set the minimum and maximum distance from the surface that the ‘button’ is meant to be activated at – so you could select a range of 2 to 6 inches, or from 2 to 3 feet. Of course when the button is activated, it is quite possible to generate a satisfying click or other audible feeback, but no touch is required.

As an alternative, our BYOD option described above would be perfectly fine too. On-screen buttons would allow visitors to activate whichever function they want.  Multiple users could be logged into the same controls, or we can time limit controls, or make sure that only the last person to scan the QR code can control the exhibit.

QuickSilver™ has been extended with these options, so that it is now possible to use any combination of technology with touchless options to create exhibits that allow your visitors to be comfortable, and we’re working on additional sensor technology to take this even further. With all of these options, you can create and install a system that ensures that your visitors are comfortable.

Our webinar on Touchless Technology, one in a series of webinars showing our latest technology comprising a presentation and demonstration, may be found on our website’s home page, here www.madsystems.com.

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Backed by rich industry experience and domain expertise, we are involved in providing Touch Screen Kiosk. Our given product is known for its high durability and fine finish in the market. This product is developed from the best electrical components and hi-tech technology in accordance with universally verified standards. Also, our product is tested on several provisions for delivering a flawless range to the customer’s end.

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This is an innovative and tech savvy tool used in businesses for a number of applications. Can be used as a marketing tool and display machine in premises. It is made with the touch screen computer and relative hardware. Can be customized with printer, RFID and biometric reader, camera, and any type of desired computer accessory. Applicable in any type of industry with vast applications.

Stand Alone Touch Screen Kiosk 15 to 19 inch is an interactive touch-screen device which can be installed at public offices, banks, airports, supermarkets and retail stores. Not only can install a touch-screen sensor but also a keyboard, RFID, printer and scanner. It is used as a internet computer, receipt issuing machine, parking guidance machine, and payment machine, interactive way-finder.

2. Besides SAW touch screen for system operation using, there is another screen for advertising or information display. The kiosk is avaiable in application for public information service. We can customize it for you, the color and appearance for your selection.

Our touch screen tables come in a variety of sizes and software packages to meet your needs. These multi-touch tables can be built into new table kits or installed into existing ones. Ranging from 24″-86″ in screen size, we can customize every aspect of your order, including shape, size, color, material, supports and company branding.

We make use of all the latest technologies, to offer our clients a Touchscreen Stand Fabrication.These services are designed as per the budgetary requirements of our clients. Our efficient services are provided on hire and rent basis to cater the diverse demands of the clients. This high quality kiosks services are extensively used for outdoor advertising. Some of the features of this service are as

We make use of all the latest technologies, to offer our clients a Touch Kiosk Stand Fabrication.These services are designed as per the budgetary requirements of our clients. Our efficient services are provided on hire and rent basis to cater the diverse demands of the clients. This high quality kiosks services are extensively used for outdoor advertising. Some of the features of this service are as

Is your gallery or exhibit still using paper pamphlets to get information to patrons? We offer a large selection of modernmuseum tech solutions designed to take your guided tours into the digital age. Imagine your guests being able to get more information about a specific showcase or artist using an iPad mounted to the wall or displayed in a tablet floorstand along the way. Smart and easy museum tech solutions can help your patrons direct themselves to the pieces and exhibits they"re most interested in. Can you envision your guests being impressed and drawn in by sleek digital signage announcing upcoming tours or shows? We carry affordable plug"n"play floorstanding LCD displays with crisp and vibrant graphics that will make your customers feel comfortable and like they"re in a current and hip environment that they"ll want to return to. Some of these floorstanding display monitors even feature the ability to change your ads and content remotely from external locations! It helps to make your guests feel like they"re taken care of while in your facility. A public charging station for powering up mobile devices is a great way to accomodate pedestrians that are visting your location. Everyone has a cell-phone or tablet on their person these days.

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Mida by BICOM Vending machines has been thought and designed for the storage and delivery of pre-cooked fresh or frozen meals. On their touch screen, Midas show product information and, while waiting for the meal to be heaten, they play commercials. Thanks to Keetouch GmbH 27inch Open Frame PCAP intuitive screen, customers can easily choose the dish they want to eat only with a simple touch.

Another practical application for High Bright touchscreen monitors - Aero Vision Ground Control Systems. Rugged, portable and universal GCS requires the display that is very powerful and allows the operator to use it in full sunlight. Keetouch GmbH High Bright Open Frame 15inch PCAP touchscreen monitor appears to be a perfect fit. A solid framework and durable glass serve as a protection for the LCD screen. Thanks to the front panel being waterproof, the device can be used even during emergencies or adverse meteorological conditions.

Greetings from sunny Italian Adriatic Coast! A very nice install onboard with a Keetouch GmbH 17inch High Bright multitouch monitor that can withstand diverse weather conditions. Being waterproof makes these monitors suitable for deployment inside a ship or on deck. Best choice for yachting.

Got to hit the party from snowy Slovenia to sunny Spain transforming DJ deck into a powerful and comfortable surface providing an ideal angle and fast touch response.

We used the monitors in direct sunlight, with extreme high temperature on the field: about 40°C. They had no problem to pass the CE certifications operating from - 20 to +50°C and IP 44 certifications (with the supplied o-ring mounted).

They had a great performance also for the electromagnetic disturbances: we used it near inverters and we had no problem neither for video nor for touch functioning.

Keetouch GmbH touch monitor being used for CNC operator station attached to Tormach PCNC 770 mill. This Industrial rugged 21,5inch touch monitor allows Radial Audio, USA to conveniently operate PathPilot even when wearing gloves.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your correspondence over these last few weeks. I would like to congratulate yourself your company on the your professionalism and dedication. Regardless of the outcome of this current proposal I look forward to the future of the relationship between Vojo Media and Keetouch. As we continue to expand our cliental and take on larger projects it is great to know that Keetouch can provide their expertise at a moments notice.

Truly futuristic design that pairs a touchscreen interface with a traditional musical keyboard. Keyboard music production station customized with Keetouch GmbH 32inch Open Frame PCAP touchscreen monitor makes a perfect solution for demanding musicians and the virtual instruments software applications they use. The touchscreen can be detached to be used as a standalone controller. For truly scalable music production and better live or studio performance.

Keetouch GmbH basic Open Frame Industrial 15,6inch Monitors based on acoustic touch technology made a perfect fit for a digital signage video wall installed at Ertex International S.R.L. manufacturing facility in Romania (a part of Peppermint Holding GmbH)

Another success story that we are excited about. Pyramid Games MX, a major global manufacturer of gambling equipment, shares feedback on the work of Keetouch GmbH 23inch Open Frame PCAP touchscreen monitor with external acrylic LED flexible strip.

Angelo Korelic, technical Director of Pyramid Games MX, noted the many years of work: "As you can see, we are already using Keetouch products (for more than 10 years), for Americas and Asia Pacific (China, HongKong, Vietnam, Singapore)".

Keetouch GmbH Infrared touch frames are designed to make any surface interactive. In this case, Keetouch GmbH Infrared touch frames are installed over customer"s non-touch monitors. They support multitouch, which responds to up to 40 touches simultaneously, both gloved and bare finger. Even with luminous intensity over 5000 LUX faultless functioning is guaranteed.

Our Museum Digital Accessibility Licence provides a multi-use licence for museums that want to let the public engage digitally with collections (including any artworks on loan).

The licence is for non-profit making uses only. Licences for any commercial uses including advertising and promotion must be obtained separately. Please see the relevant Public Galleries, Museums and Cultural Organisations price list referring to your use.

We review our licensing prices annually. This allows us to keep in-touch with changes in the industry and technological advances, so we can create relevant and robust licences that benefit both our customers and artists.