Continuing our series:  Ten Key Considerations for Exhibit Multimedia Success.

We wrote in previous submissions about updating content in a kiosk to keep it “fresh.”  Although this can be a bit of work and a commitment by a staff member, there are ways to keep content updated without doing much at all...

The first key consideration in our “Ten Key Considerations for Exhibit Multimedia Success” is Hardware Planning.  By hardware I mean not only the computer equipment, but also the kiosk housing.

Over the next few months I will share ten key considerations for touch screen exhibit multimedia success.  These considerations are strictly geared toward the usability of the software and hardware...

Specializing in touch screen kiosk program development for the past 15 years, we’ve seen trends come and go.  Early on touch screen exhibit programs were very expensive and a monumental task to complete.

Touch screen kiosks can be used to educate visitors in many ways but beyond offering information on your exhibits or the subject matter in your displays, you can offer additional information that can be useful  for awareness and promotion.

In a recent conversation with a client regarding a dead touch screen display, we uncovered the fact that the person who built their kiosk designed it without a cooling fan and it appears that they burned out their expensive, 22 inch, touch screen LCD.

I get a lot of questions about offering web sites on kiosks.  More and more, our customers are becoming web savvy and utilizing the web for educational outreach.  We are strong believers in not duplicating efforts and for some web applications; their addition to a kiosk is a great idea.