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On December 17, 2018, I will be giving a talk titled "Participatory Horror: Glitches, Ghosts, and Networked Images" at the University of Siegen. Thanks to Marcel Hartwig and Daniel Stein for making this happen!
On December 17, 2018, I will be giving a talk titled "Participatory Horror: Glitches, Ghosts, and Networked Images" at the University of Siegen. Thanks to Marcel Hartwig and Daniel Stein for making this happen!
The Digital Aesthetics Workshop at the Stanford Humanities Center is entering its second year, and we are pleased to announce the first event: Carolyn L. Kane will share some of her current research with us, under the title Chroma Glitch: Data as Style. The discussion will encompass Takeshi Murata, Ryan Trecartin, and datamoshing, all within Kane's broader project, tentatively titled Precarious Beauty: Glitch, Noise, and Aesthetic Failure. There will be a paper pre-circulated ahead of the talk; we will pass it along a week ahead of the event. We are thrilled Dr. Kane can join us – when we first came up with this idea for a workshop, her name became a token for the sort of scholarship we would want to bring in. She will launch a year already filling up with exciting speakers and a new graduate colloquium (more on that to come).
Carolyn L. Kane is the author of the award-winning Chromatic Algorithms: Synthetic Color, Computer Art, and Aesthetics after Code (U Chicago, 2014). [You can learn more about this fascinating project through this interview in Theory, Culture & Society.] She earned her Ph.D. from New York University's Dept. of Media, Culture, and Communication in 2011, and was awarded the Nancy L. Buc Postdoctoral Fellowship in "Aesthetics and the Question of Beauty" at Brown University in 2014. From 2011 to 2014 she taught at Hunter College; she is now Associate Professor of Communication and Design at Ryerson University in Toronto.
This event will be held from 5-7p on Tuesday, Oct 9, 2018 at the Roble Arts Gym Lounge (TAPS department). Drinks and snacks will be served. Please RSVP to Doug Eacho (email in image above) if you can, and share widely.
On Tuesday, April 3, 2018 (4:00-6:00pm), I will be giving a talk titled "Discorrelated Images" in the context of the Digital Aesthetics Workshop at the Stanford Humanities Center. The talk draws on my current book project of the same title and will address primarily temporal and affective relations and transformations occasioned by digital images.
Participants are encouraged (but not required) to read my chapter "Crazy Cameras, Discorrelated Images, and the Post-Perceptual Mediation of Post-Cinematic Affect" prior to the event.
Next week, on April 7, 2017, I'll be giving a talk titled "Post-Cinematic Artifacts: Digital Glitch and the Ruins of Perception" at the 2017 Media Fields conference, "RUINS," at UC Santa Barbara.
Building on recent work I've been doing, I'll be arguing "that new forms of sensibility and collectivity may become thinkable in the spaces opened up by post-cinematic media – that new ways of being and relating to the world may arise from the ruins of perception."
The full conference program is posted on the conference website.
At the upcoming SCMS conference in Chicago, I will be participating in a workshop on "Deformative Criticism and Digital Experimentations in Film & Media Studies" (panel K3 on Friday, March 24, 2017 at 9:00am):
Deformative criticism has emerged as an innovative site of critical practice within media studies and digital humanities, revealing new insights into media texts by "breaking" them in controlled or chaotic ways. Deformative criticism includes a wide range of digital experiments that generate heretical and non-normative readings of media texts; because the results of these experiments are impossible to know in advance, they shift the boundaries of critical scholarship. Media scholars are particularly well situated to such experimentation, as many of our objects of study exist in digital forms that lend themselves to wide-ranging manipulation. Thus, deformative criticism offers a crucial venue for defining not only contemporary scholarly practice, but also media studies' growing relationship to digital humanities.
Also participating in the workshop will be Jason Mittell (Middlebury College), Stephanie Boluk (UC Davis), Kevin L. Ferguson (Queens College, City University of New York), Mark Sample (Davidson College), and Virginia Kuhn (USC).
My own presentation/workshop contribution will focus on glitches and augmented reality as a deformative means of engaging with changing media-perceptual configurations, including the following case study:
Glitch, Augment, Scan
Scannable Images is a collaborative art/theory project by Karin + Shane Denson that interrogates post-cinema – its perceptual patterns, hyperinformatic simultaneities, and dispersals of attention – through an assemblage of static and animated images, databending and datamoshing techniques, and augmented reality (AR) video overlays. Viewed through the small screen of a smartphone or tablet – itself directed at a computer screen – only a small portion of the entire spectacle can be seen at once, thus reflecting and emulating the selective, scanning regard of post-cinematic images and confronting the viewer with the materiality of the post-cinematic media regime through the interplay of screens, pixels, people, and the physical and virtual spaces they occupy.
I just saw the official announcement for this exciting project, which I'm proud to be a part of (with a collaborative piece I made with Karin Denson).
after.video, Volume 1: Assemblages is a "video book" — a paperback book and video stored on a Raspberry Pi computer packaged in a VHS case. It will also be available as online video and book PDF download.
Edited by Oliver Lerone Schultz, Adnan Hadzi, Pablo de Soto, and Laila Shereen Sakr (VJ Um Amel), it will be published this year (2016) by Open Humanities Press.
The piece I developed with Karin is a theory/practice hybrid called "Scannable Images: Materialities of Post-Cinema after Video." It involves digital video, databending/datamoshing, generative text, animated gifs, and augmented reality components, in addition to several paintings in acrylic (not included in the video book).
Here's some more info about the book from the OpenMute Press site:
Theorising a World of Video
after.video realizes the world through moving images and reassembles theory after video. Extending the formats of 'theory', it reflects a new situation in which world and video have grown together.
This is an edited collection of assembled and annotated video essays living in two instantiations: an online version – located on the web at http://after.video/assemblages, and an offline version – stored on a server inside a VHS (Video Home System) case. This is both a digital and analog object: manifested, in a scholarly gesture, as a 'video book'.
We hope that different tribes — from DIY hackercamps and medialabs, to unsatisfied academic visionaries, avantgarde-mesh-videographers and independent media collectives, even iTV and home-cinema addicted sofasurfers — will cherish this contribution to an ever more fragmented, ever more colorful spectrum of video-culture, consumption and appropriation…
Table of Contents
Control Societies
Peter Woodbridge + Gary Hall + Clare Birchall
Scannable images: materialities of Post-Cinema after Video
Karin + Shane Denson
Serhat Köksal
The Crying Selfie
Rózsa Zita Farkas
Guided Meditation
Deborah Ligotrio
Contingent Feminist Tacticks for Working with Machines
Lucia Egaña Rojas
Capturing the Ephemeral and Contestational
Eric Kiuitenberg
Surveillance Assemblies
Adnan Hadzi
You Spin me Round – Full Circle
Andreas Treske
Editorial Collective
Oliver Lerone Schultz
Adnan Hadzi
Pablo de Soto
Laila Shereen Sakr (VJ Um Amel)
Tech Team
Jacob Friedman – Open Hypervideo Programmer
Anton Galanopoulos – Micro-Computer Programmer
Adnan Hadzi – OHP Managing Producer
Jacob Friedman – OHV Format Development & Interface Design
Joscha Jäger – OHV Format Development & Interface Design
Oliver Lerone Schultz – Coordination CDC, Video Vortex #9, OHP
Cover artwork and booklet design: Jacob Friedman
Copyright: the authors
Licence: after.video is dual licensed under the terms of the MIT license and the GPL3
Language: English
Assembly On-demand
OpenMute Press
Co-Initiated + Funded by
Art + Civic Media as part of Centre for Digital Cultures @ Leuphana University.
Art + Civic Media was funded through Innovation Incubator, a major EU project financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the federal state of Lower Saxony.
Thanks to
Joscha Jaeger – Open Hypervideo (and making this an open licensed capsule!)
Timon Beyes – Centre for Digital Cultures, Lüneburg
Mathias Fuchs – Centre for Digital Cultures, Lüneburg
Gary Hall – School of Art and Design, Coventry University
Simon Worthington – OpenMute
As Karin posted yesterday (and as I reblogged this morning), our collaborative artwork Post-Cinema: 24fps@44100Hz will be on display (and on sale) from January 15-23 at The Carrack Modern Art gallery in Durham, NC, as part of their annual Winter Community Show.
Exhibiting augmented reality pieces always brings with it a variety of challenges — including technical ones and, above all, the need to inform viewers about how to use the work. So, for this occasion, I've put together this brief demo video explaining the piece and how to view it. The video will be displayed on a digital picture frame mounted on the wall below the painting. Hopefully it will be both eye-catching enough to attract passersby and it will effectively communicate the essential information about the process and use of the work.
This piece, consisting of an acrylic painting (24″x24″) and an augmented reality (AR) digital-video overlay, is a collaborative artwork made together with my husband Shane Denson. It will be featured on the cover of the soon forthcoming book Post-Cinema: Theorizing 21st Century Film, which Shane edited along with Julia Leyda, and it will be on display at The Carrack Modern Art gallery in Durham, NC from January 15-23, 2016.
For the painting, I started with a photo that I took of our dog Evie lying in front of another of my paintings, Glitchesarelikewildanimals!No.1, which itself was based on a digitally glitched (databent) picture of Evie. I subjected the new photo to a similar process, first turning it into a video in a nonlinear editing program (Final Cut Pro) and then deforming the video by sonifying it in an audio editing program (audacity).
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Sneak preview: "Post-Cinema: 24fps@44100Hz" — Acrylic on canvas, 24″ x 24″, augmented with digital video and Markov chains…
Finished my latest piece, "Post-Cinema: 24fps@44100Hz"
(Acrylic on canvas, 24″ x 24″)
The painting will have an animated, augmented reality overlay when scanned with a smartphone or similar device. It will be featured on the cover of
Post-Cinema: Theorizing 21st-Century Film,
edited by Shane Denson and Julia Leyda (forthcoming soon!)


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Thanksgiving is the official start of the holiday season, which means pumpkin everything (until mid-November, when peppermint begins to dominate) and plenty of quality time with friends and family. We've rounded up our best ideas to help you create new memories and traditions this Thanksgiving, ensuring you get the most out of your turkey day.
1. Arrive early for dinner. An extra day off and a free meal can make it tempting to laze around all afternoon and show up to your family's house right before dinner is served, but don't be that person this year. It will mean the world to your parents and grandparents to have a couple of extra hours with you and the chance to catch up before everyone else arrives for dinner.
2. Bring a dish for dinner or a gift for the host. If you've hosted a family gathering before then you know it's not cheap! Help out whoever is hosting this year by offering to bring a dish. It doesn't have to be anything fancy, a simple veggie tray or freshly baked brownies will go a long way. If the host has everything covered, bring them something you know they'll enjoy, whether it be fresh flowers or a bottle of red wine.
3. Go for a walk. Alberta's cool Fall days make for perfect walking weather. Wrangle up the entire family and hit the streets of your neighbourhood, or venture down along the river and take in the beautiful colours of the season. There's plenty of pubs and cafes along the way to stop in and get your caffeine fix or get the party started a bit early.
4. Have everyone share something they're thankful for. This may sound extremely cliché and corny, but it helps give everyone else at the table a better understanding of each other's lives. It doesn't need to be something extravagant, simply being thankful for your health is more than enough. You never what can happen between now and next year, so make sure to share while you still have the chance.
5. Take a family photo. Technology has come so far that we sometimes take it for granted. We're so quick to snap photos of things on our phones, but we often forget to take photos of our friends and family. Gather everyone around and take a picture of the entire family. You'll be grateful to have it to look back on after the kids have all grown up, or certain family members are no longer around for the photo.
6. Partake in charity. What better day to volunteer for a charitable cause or lend a hand than on Thanksgiving? Help hand out food packs the week before the big day, or serve a hot meal on the day of. Giving back to those in need will make you realize how lucky and fortunate you truly are, and you'll get to help make someone else's Thanksgiving a little more special as well.
Thanksgiving means something different to everyone. Whatever it means to you, do something to make it a little extra special. If you have no family in town then use the day to volunteer with your spouse, or for those who have recently welcomed a new member to the family or lost one - start your own new traditions.

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AT least 34 migrants, including children, were picked up off the Kent coast yesterday.
A lifeboat crew and a Border Force patrol vessel were called to at least one boat found off the village of Kingsdown.
A witness said he saw a boy who looked about six with a woman.
A Coastguard spokeswoman said today: "We are currently assisting Border Force with an incident off the Kent coast.
"HM Coastguard is committed to safeguarding life around the seas and coastal areas of this country.
"We are only concerned with preservation of life, rescuing those in trouble and bringing them safely back to shore, where they will be handed over to the relevant partner emergency services or authorities."
It comes after ten migrants were picked up near Dover on Friday.
Local MP Charlie Elphicke said: "We urgently need air surveillance day and night along the French coast."
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Saturday, May 5, 2012
Volkswagen People's car project, Hover Car, the flying two-seater
Is VW's next People's Car a hover car? Designed by a contestant in Volkswagen's People's Car Project, the disk-shaped, two-seat pod floats above the ground on an electromagnetic field generated by a special road surface.
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Friday, May 4, 2012
XCOR Prototype X-Racer: EAA AirVenture The music video
XCOR is focused on the research, development, project management and production of safe, reliable, reusable launch vehicles (RLVs), rocket engines and rocket propulsion systems.
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XCOR Hits the Road with Experimental Motorcycle
Motorcycle gets spacecraft propulsion parts
Spacecraft manufacturer XCOR comes up with an unusual two-wheeled way to test some critical bearing components from its rocket propellant piston pump.
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P!nk - Who Knew
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That's something I would like to see changed because its vague and silly, but its in there. I don't think its generally a good idea for a green apprentice to raise an imprint, but I suppose with the right guidance it would not be a big deal. It also wouldn't be a big deal in the case of the apprentice with several years under their belt - like a kid that started at 12 and still wasn't old enough to be a general.50 CFR 21.29 (c) (2) (i) (I) You may not possess a bird that is imprinted on humans.
Where I think this is really silly is in the case of a many times intermewed adult bird. The authorities wont be able to tell whether its an imprint or not, so how can this be enforced? Behaviorally, a mature polished game hawk is not going to be a problem to give to an apprentice, so why prevent it?
The same goes for the regulation preventing an apprentice from possessing a hawk taken from the wild as a nestling. Its not something I would argue against early in that hawks career, but when they are a polished game hawk, why not let an apprentice have it. In this case, its pretty easy to determine and enforce because there would be, in theory, a 3-186a paperwork trail determining when the bird was first taken.


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In our first survey we explored the details and amenities you consider important when thinking about unit design, the very personal aspects of how you live your daily life in your own space. Now we want you to think about living in community with others. We will refer to this throughout the survey as a communal setting.
From apartment complexes to neighborhoods, how do you like to interact with others? Think about your perfect home sweet home throughout the next chapter of your life. When you contemplate living in a communal setting what appeals to you—the atmosphere of a private club or a diverse urban community? In this survey, we want to explore the different ways we can live in community with each other.Take our survey – Share your thoughts on living in community >


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Park Crescent * (Westminster)
* on The National Heritage List for England, Parks & Gardens
Park Square and Park Crescent were built on land that belonged to the Crown and were designed as part of John Nash's original conception for The Regent's Park of 1811. His plan for developing the former royal hunting chase included the 400-acre park, to be surrounded by villas and terraces. There were to be two circuses, one in the park and a south circus with the parish church in the centre where the Crescent is now. Only the southern semi-circle was realised due to financial problems. By 1823 the north half of the circus had been cancelled and replaced by a square, with its north side open to the park. Park Square was built in 1823-25 comprising two parallel terraces facing east and west across the private garden for the use of residents, which was connected to the Park Crescent garden by The Nursemaids' Tunnel under Marylebone Road. Both gardens are well laid out with lawns, numerous fine trees, flower and shrub beds.
Basic Details
- Site location:
- Park Square West/Marylebone Road
- Postcode:
- Type of site:
- Garden Square
- Date(s):
- 1812-22
- Designer(s):
- John Nash
- Listed structures:
- LBI: Nos 1-6, 8, 10, 12, 14 Park Crescent; Nos 16 and 18-26 Park Crescent. LBII: Statue of Duke of Kent, East and West Lodges of Park Crescent Garden, cast iron railings to Park Crescent Garden, cattle trough opposite 14 Park Crescent.
- Borough:
- Westminster
- Site ownership:
- The Crown Estate
- Site management:
- Crown Estate Paving Commission
- Open to public?
- Occasionally
- Opening times:
- Has opened for OGSW. Otherwise private, for keyholders only Has taken part in Open Garden Squares Weekend in the past.
- Special conditions:
- Facilities:
- Toilet (closed 2009)
- Events:
- Public transport:
- Tube: Regent's Park (Bakerloo); Great Portland Street (Metropolitan & City, Circle). Bus: 18, 27, 30, C2, 88
The information shown above was correct at the time of the last update 01/02/2009
Please check with the site owner or manager for latest news. www.cepc.org.uk
Further Information
- Grid ref:
- Size in hectares:
- 0.99
- On EH National Register :
- Yes (within Regent's Park)
- EH grade:
- Grade I
- Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965:
- No
- Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931:
- Yes
Local Authority Data
The information below is taken from the relevant Local Authority's planning legislation, which was correct at the time of research but may have been amended in the interim. Please check with the Local Authority for latest planning information.
- On Local List:
- No
- In Conservation Area:
- Yes
- Conservation Area name:
- Regent's Park
- Tree Preservation Order:
- Yes
- Nature Conservation Area:
- No
- Green Belt:
- No
- Metropolitan Open Land:
- No
- Special Policy Area:
- Other LA designation:
- [Park Crescent is a designated helicopter landing site for official use]
Fuller information
Site on The National Heritage List for England, Parks & Gardens, for Register Entry for Regent's Park see https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list
Park Crescent and Park Square (q.v.) like Regent's Park, were built on land that belonged to the Crown. Originally part of the vast forest of Middlesex, by the C16th the area was owned by the Abbess of Barking and called Marylebone Park after a village and manor nearby. In 1538 the land was appropriated by Henry VIII and enclosed as a deer park. During the Civil War (1649-60) it was taken by Cromwell and many of its trees were cut down during the Commonwealth to pay war debts. After the Restoration it was returned to Crown. By the early C18th the land was leased to the Duke of Portland and farmed by tenant farmers but reverted to the Crown in 1811. The Prince Regent proposed building a summer palace here and developing the area around it into a park with upmarket housing that would help pay for the development. The palace was one of several suggestions for the development of the area that was abandoned. John Fordyce, Surveyor General of H M Land Revenue from 1793 until his death in 1809 commissioned both John White and John Nash to submit plans for the Crown estate land.
Nash's plan, which included the area now occupied by Park Square and Park Crescent, was accepted by the Crown in 1812 although it was subsequently substantially altered. There were to be two circuses, a large circus in the park and a south circus with the parish church in the centre where Park Crescent is now. This was originally planned by Nash as a full circus to provide a grand entrance to the Crown Estate, but only the graceful and elegant southern semi-circle was realised. If Park Crescent had been completed, it would have been the largest circle of buildings in Europe. The New Road was to be realigned to accommodate the plan, since renamed Marylebone Road and which separates Park Crescent from Park Square and the rest of the park. Nash's design for Regent's Park may have been influenced by plans published by Humphry Repton in 1794 for the development of the Eyre Estate in St John's Wood, which also included a double circus. Park Crescent was built in 1812-22 but the project hit financial problems and Charles Mayor, builder of the south circus went bankrupt with only 6 houses built in the south-east quadrant. Although building recommenced in 1818, by 1823 the north half of the circus had been cancelled. When Park Crescent was restored in 1960-3 the original elevations were reconstructed with new interiors behind.
What would have been the northern half of Nash's intended circus was replaced by a square built in 1823-5 to the north of New (Marylebone) Road. With its north side open to the park, the houses consisted of two parallel terraces east and west of a central private garden for the use of residents. The Park Square garden was connected to that of Park Crescent by a pedestrian tunnel under Marylebone Road, known as The Nursemaids' Tunnel. During the 1920s the original 99 year leases on the houses began to fall in and Crown policy was to renew them for a further 21 years but at a higher rental. However, in the late 1920s and 1930s economic conditions were difficult and many properties were left vacant. During WWII, the western sector of Park Crescent was destroyed by bombs and many of the terraces around Regent's Park, including some around Park Square, were damaged and then allowed to deteriorate.
After the war extensive demolition was seriously contemplated and a Commission chaired by Lord Gorrell was set up by the Labour Government in 1945 to consider what should be done about the decaying terraces. The 1947 Gorrell Report recommended the terraces be reconditioned or converted behind the original façades. As a result, the newly organised Crown Estate Commission undertook to preserve, and where necessary rebuild Park Crescent, Park Square and York Gate, despite the cost. The restoration began in the 1960s and between 1960-63, the terraces of Park Crescent were demolished section by section and rebuilt behind a façade identical to that designed by Nash. Rebuilding the terraces of Regent's Park took longer. Much of the rubble from the demolished terraces was dumped into the gardens of Park Square and Park Crescent.
Park Crescent has several beech trees and a catalpa and other trees of note include a maidenhair tree and a tulip tree. Both gardens have pendulous limes. In 1987, the Queen Mother planted a plane tree in Park Crescent as part of her visit, as patron, to the International Students' Association, based in a building on Park Crescent; the rose bed between the two ventilation shafts near the northern boundary was also planted with 'Elizabeth of Glamis' in her honour. The surgeon, Lord Lister, lived at No 12 from 1877-1912 and Joseph Bonaparte stayed briefly at No 23.
In recent years new railings and gates have been installed to the original designs. Park Square and Park Crescent lost land when Marylebone Road was widened in 1968 when two of Park Square's four lodges, those on the south corners, were demolished. In Park Crescent the single room lodges on the two north corners were replaced as part of the 1968 road widening scheme. That on north-east corner is a toilet for garden users closed at present (2/2009) due to a collapsed drain under Marylebone Road. The lodge on the north-west corner is used for archive storage, but the earlier lodge on this corner was once the residence of the Head Gardener. Park Crescent has its original railings designed and cast by the ironsmith John Peachey who was responsible for almost all the iron work in the Park. Peachey was also an investor in the park and owned the lease to one property in York Terrace and two in Cumberland Terrace. Two ornamental ventilation shafts for the Bakerloo line are found in Park Crescent, that towards the north-west side was moved from the middle of Marylebone Road and situated here when the road was widened in 1968. Near the south-west of Park Square is an octagonal building built in 1972, which houses a ventilation shaft for the Jubilee Line; it has a circular roof with metallic trellising and decorative alcoves with benches in them. The new line was at first called the Fleet after the River Fleet, although it would have only crossed this at Ludgate Circus, but was renamed the Jubilee Line for Queen Elizabeth II's 1977 Silver Jubilee. The original choice of battleship grey for the line's colour was based on the naval meaning of the word fleet; this was replaced by a lighter grey, representing the silver colour of the Jubilee. Just inside the main entrance of Park Crescent, facing the top of Portland Place, is a statue of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (d.1829, fourth son on George III) by Gahagan on a granite pedestal. He is dressed in a Field Marshal's uniform over which are the robes and collar of the Order of the Garter.
A Garden Committee was formed at the suggestion of the Superintendent Gardener to discuss issues relating to the running and maintenance of the gardens, and makes recommendations to the Crown Estate Paving Commission. The EH Register of Parks and Gardens entry for Regent's Park was amended in November 2008 to include Park Crescent and Park Square.
Sources consulted:
OGSW leaflet; Bridget Cherry & Nikolaus Pevsner, 'The Buildings of England, London 3: North West (Penguin, 1999 ed); J Mordaunt Crook, ' London's Arcadia: John Nash and the Planning of Regent's Park', Annual Soane Lecture, 2000; Peter Cunningham, ' Handbook of London' (1850); Terence Davis, 'John Nash: The Prince Regent's Architect' (Country Life, London, 1966); James Elmes, ' Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century: being a series of views of the New and Most interesting objects in the British Metropolis and its vicinity, from original drawings by Thos H Shepherd' (Jones & Co., London, 1829); George Gater and Walter H Godfrey (eds), 'Survey of London, part 19', (LCC, 1938); Ann Saunders, 'Regent's Park: From 1066 to the Present' (Bedford College, London, 1981); John Summerson, 'John Nash: Architect to King George IV', (George Allen & Unwin, London, 1935) and 'The Life and Work of John Nash: Architect' (George Allen & Unwin, London, 1980); Christian Wolmar, ' The Subterranean Railway '(Atlantic Books, 2004.
LPGT Volunteer Research by Sheena Ginnings and Michael Ann Mullen, 2009
Park Crescent - Photo: Drew Bennellick
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By David Young and Q Radio News
Faulty lifts that have forced the suspension of MOT tests in Northern Ireland are to all be replaced at a cost of £1.8 million.
Infrastructure minister Nichola Mallon announced the decision to buy 52 new lifts at Stormont on Thursday morning.
The minister is acting on the advice of an independent engineering expert who said the lifts need to be replaced, rather than repaired.
Tens of thousands of test appointments have been cancelled since cracks were found in lifts at Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) test centres throughout Northern Ireland last month.
The new lifts will be installed between April and mid-July.
The minister said no issues had been identified with the original supplier of the lifts, with the faults developing as a result of metal fatigue and an "inadequate" inspection regime.
Ms Mallon has already ordered two probes to establish how the faults went undiscovered for so long.
🎥 Infrastructure Minister @NicholaMallon says 52 new MOT lifts are to be installed between April and mid July, at a cost of around £1.8 million. These will replace 52 out of 55 lifts across the region which were faulty, due to cracks in the equipment. pic.twitter.com/rYusCMOGVX— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) February 27, 2020
She said: "Following the discovery of faults with lifts in MOT centres in late January, my priority has and remains the safety of DVA staff and customers.
"Since then I have acted quickly to minimise inconvenience to the public and allow drivers to tax their vehicles and continue to drive.
"I have also been examining all of the options to resume normal business as quickly and safely as possible, including the commissioning of two independent reviews to provide me with expert advice on the condition of the existing lifts and the events that led to this situation and how it can be avoided in future.
"I have now been given the first report from the independent engineering expert's assessment on the condition of the existing lifts. It has recommended that all lifts with faults identified should be replaced, not repaired.
"The second audit investigation report has not been completed, however it has highlighted that there are no issues with the purchasing of this equipment from the existing supplier.
"The longer this goes on, the more inconvenience for people across Northern Ireland and this is not acceptable.
"I have therefore decided to replace all lifts with faults identified (52), which will be purchased from existing DVA reserves at a cost of £1.8 million.
"It is clear an inadequate inspection regime and metal fatigue led to this situation. I have therefore instructed my officials to put in place an improved equipment replacement cycle and regular robust inspection and maintenance, with an additional layer of independent inspection built into the new contract."
Road users whose tests have been cancelled have been able to continue driving through temporary exemption certificates. Drivers of some vehicles have also been able to secure priority appointments using the limited number of lifts still in use.
Ms Mallon added: "Road safety is a priority for me and I want to remind drivers they have a responsibility to ensure their vehicles are roadworthy at all times.
"The priority vehicle contact line, for owners of four-year-old vehicles, taxis and car dealerships, will continue to operate to make it easier for these vehicle owners to contact DVA for an urgent appointment.
"Temporary exemption certificates will continue to be issued to all cancelled customers, enabling the public to continue to use their cars and all customers who have been cancelled will receive a full refund of their booking fee.
"I appreciate that this has been a difficult time for both customers and staff, and the DVA sincerely apologises to all those affected.
"I also want to pay tribute and thank DVA staff as they continue to work in these challenging circumstances while seeking to provide the best possible service to customers.
"While these steps will return test centres to full capacity safely and swiftly, the situation has brought to light the need to improve our MOT system and centres and this is something I will be considering in the months ahead.
"I will continue to keep this matter under review and as the position changes and the new lifts become operational, I will ensure the public are fully informed."
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By Sandra Halliday, Fashion Network
Is Germany's Otto Group mulling an eventual listing for its fast-growing fashion unit About You? According to the German press it is, although it's also clear that the group would not consider a listing for family-owned Otto itself and that any About You stock exchange move is some time away yet.
A report in Welt am Sonntag quoted supervisory board chairman Michael Otto saying the company would consider an About You listing further down the line once the brand has got bigger.
That admission comes after Otto, a giant group that includes both retailers and retail services firms, said in 2017 that it had hired Goldman Sachs to find a partner to buy a stake in the About You business in order to provide funds to drive its international growth.
Michael Otto stressed again at the weekend that the company is still seeking a strategic partner for e-tailer About You with the firm interested in bringing either a retailer on board or a more financial-focused investor.
About You is an interesting retail business. Selling online, it targets Shoppers aged 20 to 49 and serves them with a personalised selection of the more-than-150,000 products from the 1,000 labels that it sells. With personalisation being the next big thing for retail, that makes it one of the most forward-looking e-tail businesses out there.
It's 94% owned by Otto with ProSiebenSat.1's Seven Ventures and Berlin-based German Media Pool holding the other 6% at present.
Last year German newspaper Boersen-Zeitung valued it at around €320 million after an early financing round.
Its status as one of the most closely watched of Otto's many businesses underlines the importance of e-commerce to the German firm.
Otto has just said that its global online revenues rose nearly 11% in the latest year to reach €7.8 billion, with About You being one of the key drivers of this growth.
It's helping to maintain Otto's position as the second largest e-commerce player in Germany and one of the worlds biggest too.
In the 2017/18 year, About You achieved better-than-expected results with revenues up 110% to €283 million, easily beating the group's original target of €250 million. It's targeting sales of €1 billion within five years.
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I feel bad for having just discovered these guys and gals. Motion Device is a Canadian band who play a wonderful blend of Classic Rock, Prog Rock with a touch of power. They are fronted by a young lady called Sara Menoudakis who started singing with the band in 2010 when she was just 9/10. They began by uploading videos of them performing cover versions to Youtube. Check out this amazing version of Black Sabbaths Heaven and Hell. I believe she is just 11 years old.
One may criticize the young Saras vocals but you are seeing the formative beginnings of something very special. The music is flawless, with the bass playing perhaps even better than the original song.
Although the band were courted by major record labels, they decided to fund their own music VIA the crowd funding site Kickstarter. In a very short time they had received enough money to record their debut album Eternalize, which spawned this song, Thick Skin.
The debut album was yet another stepping stone to a bigger far more ambitious project. When this band steps forward it's with giant leaps! They started another crowd funding effort on Kickstarter which resulted in them getting enough money to indulge in this….A double CD concept album called Wide Awake! Few artists are brave enough to tackle a double CD these days, and even fewer with the audacity to make it a concept album. They were able to tour the USA on the strength of this album, here is ALIVE.
Here is another one from the Wide Awake opus Soul Shaker
The band is made up of
Sara Menoudakis, Vocals
David Menoudakis, Drums and Percussion
Andrea Menoudakis, Bass and Keyboards
Josh Morroco, Guitars.
It is so heartwarming to see such young musicians delving into the past and taking cues from the original legends of rock without ripping them off note for note (yeah I'm looking at you Fleet). The future looks extremely promising for these young artists and I for one can't wait to see what comes next!
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I have followed them for about 3 years now, even got a tattoo and signatures. Love all they do. Motion Device Warriors on Facebook is committed to sharing the music and we are Worldwide with ties to many other artists, however our Facebook page is dedicated to MD! Wonderful review and it will be shared! Thank you and Rock On!
Great review Paddy! I had totally given up on new music until I discovered them 3 years ago. They are not just for old rockers like me, my kids, and now there friends, are also big fans. Kids are the future and with Motion Device, the future ROCKS!
Thank you for writing such a great article and spreading the word about these talented young rockers. They have been working hard on creating great music for years and each album they have made is better than the first. Every one of their originals is fantastic, lyrics with meaning and music that moves you to the core. No auto tune here!! Their Highroad tour last summer to the US was awesome. I with many of their fans had the privilege of see Motion Device live. They sounded every bit as good and even better live, performing their songs. If you get the opportunity to see them live, it is well worth it!! Motion Devices new album is in the works and they have been teasing us with clips of what's to come on their Facebook page. I can't wait to hear their newest creations!!
Love this band and if it's not enough there is another young band out of Mexico called "The Warning". They too are staying away from the labels and making their music via Kickstarter.
Your article is right on target! And ditto what Sil Pro said- don't miss MD's next album or, your next chance to see them live!


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Lyric video for Weight Of Humanity from Termaze's new album Are We Soldiers, which is scheduled to be released by Mascot Records on June 21.
"Weight of humanity was one of the first songs we wrote for this album" Dean Wells says "and I really believe it captures the true essence of what teramaze is artistically and lyrically.
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Company Achieves Record Quarterly Revenue and Record Annual Revenue; Annual Net Income Increases 78 Percent Year-Over-YearFor further information, contact:
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SANTA CLARA, CA—FEBRUARY 13, 2008— NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the world leader in visual computing technologies, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 and the fiscal year ended January 27, 2008.
For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, revenue increased to a record $1.20 billion, compared to $878.9 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007, an increase of 37 percent. Net income computed in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 was $257.0 million, or $0.42 per diluted share, compared to net income of $163.5 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007, a net income increase of 57 percent.
Non-GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, which excludes stock-based compensation charges, a charge for in-process research and development related to an acquisition closed during the quarter, and the associated tax impact, was $292.6 million, or $0.49 per diluted share.
Annual revenue for the fiscal year ended January 27, 2008 was a record $4.10 billion, compared to revenue of $3.07 billion for the fiscal year ended January 28, 2007, an increase of 34 percent. GAAP net income for the fiscal year ended January 27, 2008 was $797.6 million, or $1.31 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net income of $448.8 million, or $0.76 per diluted share, for the fiscal year ended January 28, 2007, a net income increase of 78 percent.
Non-GAAP net income for the fiscal year ended January 27, 2008, which excludes stock-based compensation charges, a charge for in-process research and development related to an acquisition closed during the year, and the associated tax impact, was $919.3 million, or $1.56 per diluted share.
"Fiscal 2008 was another outstanding and record year for us. Strong demand for GPUs in all market segments drove our growth. Relative to Q4 one year ago, our discrete GPU business grew 80%. Our growth reflects the ever-increasing use of rich graphics in applications from Google Earth to Apple iTunes to online virtual worlds," said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of NVIDIA.
Mr. Huang continued: "This is the era of visual computing. The richness of the graphics is increasingly central to our computing experience. And at the core of that experience is the GPU, the processor that defines the modern PC."
Fourth Quarter, Fiscal Year 2008, and Recent Highlights:
- Fourth Quarter revenue grew 37 percent year-over-year to a record $1.20 billion.
- Annual revenue increased 34 percent year-over-year to a record $4.10 billion.
- GAAP annual net income increased 78 percent year-over-year to a record $797.6 million.
- GAAP annual gross margin reached a Company high of 45.6 percent, a year-over-year increase of 320 basis points.
- We launched multiple industry-defining products and initiatives:
- GeForce® 8800 graphics processing family, including the highly-acclaimed 8800GT < li>GeForce 7000 mGPU – the first single-chip motherboard GPU for Intel systems
- Tesla ™ computing system – the high performance computing industry's first C-programmable GPU
- Hybrid SLI® technology – the first hybrid technology for PC platforms
- CUDA™ technology – the first C-compiler for the GPU
- PureVideo® HD technology – the first video decode and post processing technology for Blu-ray and HD DVD
- NVIDIA® held #1 segment share in desktop and notebook GPU (Mercury Research PC Graphics 2008 Market Strategy and Forecast Report).
- NVIDIA held #1 segment share in workstation solutions (Jon Peddie Research Q3'07 Workstations and Professional Graphics Report).
- NVIDIA was named Most Respected Public Company by members of the Fabless Semiconductor Association for the second consecutive year.
- NVIDIA was named Forbes Company of the Year.
- We acquired Mental Images, the industry's leading photorealistic rendering technology provider. Mental Image's Mental Ray is the most pervasive ray tracing renderer in industry.
- In February, we announced and completed the acquisition of AGEIA, the industry leader in gaming physics technology.
Conference Call and Web Cast Information
NVIDIA will conduct a conference call with analysts and investors to discuss its fourth quarter fiscal 2008 financial results and current financial prospects today at 2:00 P.M. Pacific Time (5:00 P.M. Eastern Time). To listen to the call, please dial 212-231-2901; no password is required. A live Web cast (listen-only mode) of the conference call will be held at the NVIDIA investor relations Web site www.nvidia.com/investor and at www.streetevents.com. The Web cast will be recorded and available for replay until the Company's conference call to discuss its financial results for its first quarter fiscal 2009.
Non-GAAP Measures
To supplement the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income presented in accordance with GAAP, we use non-GAAP measures of certain components of financial performance. These non-GAAP measures include non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP net income, and non-GAAP diluted net income per share. In order for our investors to be better able to compare our current results with those of previous periods, we have shown a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures. These reconciliations adjust the related GAAP financial measures to exclude stock-based compensation, patent license fees for past usage, in-process research & development charges related to acquisitions, a non-recurring credit associated with the net cumulative impact of estimating forfeitures as a result of the adoption of SFAS 123R, and the associated tax impact, where applicable. We believe the presentation of our non-GAAP financial measures enhances the user's overall understanding of our historical financial performance. The presentation of our non-GAAP financial measures is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP, and our non-GAAP measures may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA is the world leader in visual computing technologies and the inventor of the GPU, a high-performance processor which generates breathtaking, interactive graphics on workstations, personal computers, game consoles, and mobile devices. NVIDIA serves the entertainment and consumer market with its GeForce products, the professional design and visualization market with its Quadro® products, and the high-performance computing market with its Tesla products. NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. and has offices throughout Asia, Europe, and the Americas. For more information, visit www.nvidia.com.
Certain statements in this release including, but not limited to, statements as to: the use and importance of graphics; visual computing; and the role of the GPU are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different than expectations. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include: slower than anticipated adoption of new technologies or development of a market; the impact of competition and competitive products; technological advances; the development of more effective or efficient GPUs or CPUs; changes in consumer preferences or product uses; incompatibility of technologies; changes in industry standards; as well as other factors detailed from time to time in the reports NVIDIA files with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its Form 10-Q for the period ended October 28, 2007. Copies of reports filed with the SEC are posted on our website and are available from NVIDIA without charge. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and speak only as of the date hereof, and, except as required by law, NVIDIA disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.
Copyright© 2016 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. All company and/or product names may be trade names, trademarks, and/or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are associated. Features, pricing, availability, and specifications are subject to change without notice.
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After Profiting from Weapons Sales and Bombing Yemen, U.S. Calls for Ceasefire
The United States, Britain, and the U.N. peace envoy to Yemen called Sunday for an unconditional ceasefire in Yemen to take place «within hours.»
The two nations are trying «to seize on outrage caused by the killing of 140 people in a Saudi airstrike,» the Guardian reports.
The newspaper describes the details of the proposed ceasefire:
The US secretary of state, John Kerry, said if Yemen's opposing sides accepted and moved forward on a ceasefire then the UN special envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, would work through the details and announce when and how it would take effect.
«This is the time to implement a ceasefire unconditionally and then move to the negotiating table,» Kerry said after a brief meeting with the British foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, and other officials in London. «We cannot emphasize enough today the urgency of ending the violence in Yemen.»
Kerry said he, Johnson and Cheikh Ahmed were calling for the implementation of a ceasefire «as rapidly as possible, meaning Monday, Tuesday.» Kerry and Johnson also met the Saudi foreign minister, Adel al-Jubeir.
The brutal Saudi-led bombing campaign against Yemen's Houthi rebels has lasted for over 18 months, and the U.S. continues to sell billions of dollars worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia despite repeated reports that the kingdom has been targeting civiliansites.
The U.S. also joined the war and bombed Yemen itself earlier this week, claiming self-defense.
Johnson's and Kerry's ceasefire call «came after meetings in London with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir and senior UAE officials,» Reuters reports. «Kerry met Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Saturday in Switzerland on the sidelines of Syria talks.»
Reuters quotes Kerry's statements on the ceasefire at length:
«It is a crisis now of enormous proportions with an increasing economic, increasing humanitarian and health crisis, and obviously the military components are troubling to everybody,» Kerry said.
He added that the release of two American prisoners by Yemen's Houthi and the evacuation of Yemeni civilians wounded in a Saudi airstrike were «an important humanitarian gesture by the Saudis to address the humanitarian concern».
Kerry did not appear to mention the United States» most recent $1.15 billion weapons sale to Saudi Arabia, nor address the U.S. airstrikes that struck Yemen Wednesday.
The conflict in Yemen «has killed almost 6,900 people, wounded more than 35,000 and displaced at least three million since March last year, according to the United Nations,» AFP notes, adding that civilians «have paid the heaviest price in an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis.»


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Born and raised in Scotland, Geoff studied at the University of Strathclyde. During his teaching career, he worked for many years as a senior school teacher and was promoted as Head of Careers, Housemaster and Deputy Head. In recent years, he has worked in Spain and became a class teacher of younger pupils in an International school. In 2012, accompanied by his wife Nicola, who teaches in the Pre-Prep, he joined Marlborough College Malaysia as a founding member of the Common Room and a Form Tutor in Year 4. In 2013, he took on the role of Deputy Head of the Prep School.


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How is Singapore coping with COVID-19? Analysis & Outlook.
Global Ranking and Analysis of Singapore's Response from January to June 2020. As reported in The Straits Times and Forbes during the past few days...
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Power Rangers 4" Figure Series 01
Five Rangers and Nanashi Figure. The designs look great, but I am disappointed not to see show-accurate figures. The only one I like here is the Nanashi. The girls have no skirts and the only thing accurate are the colors and the stripes and belt, that's it. The boots look a bit like the Dragon Knight boots. These look like they were supposed to be for vehicles. Where are the show accurate figures???! How can you revamp a franchise when the toys don't even look like the actual Rangers in the series? UPDATE: These do appear on the show, they are called Mega Mode.
Red Cycle with Red Ranger
This all look sloppy, the bike has zero color and the figure almost looks show accurate but lack of color, this looks like it was slapped together in a week. Blue available as well.
Warrior Mode Red Ranger 10" Battlized Figure
Even the weapon looks like it is on steroids.
Morphin Action Power Rangers 6.5" Series 01
I suppose they morph into actor faces, these look bulky as the back-in-the day figures. I hope the girls get morphing figures.
Zord Vehicle with Figure Series 01 - Beetle Zord with Green Ranger
The Zord looks great. These can combine with the Megazord.
Zord Vehicle with Figure Series 01 - Tiger Zord with Red Ranger
Zord Vehicle with Figure Series 01 - Swordfish Zord with Blue Ranger
The one (Deluxe Sword) to the left looks like the SPD battlizer weapon. The one in the middle (Basic Disc Sword) actually looks good. The morpher is no surprise that looks smaller and nothing like the Bandai japan one.
Power Rangers DX Megazord
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Vendor Landscape:セルフサービスキオスク
Vendor Landscape: Self-Service Kiosks
|Info-Tech Research Group
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|Vendor Landscape:セルフサービスキオスク Vendor Landscape: Self-Service Kiosks
|出版日: 2017年06月30日
|ページ情報: 英文 43 Pages
当レポートにはベンダーショートリスト (xlsx) も含まれます。同ワークシートは、企業がセルフサービスキオスクへの要件をプロファイルし、一定のベンダーリストからのランク順によるベンダーショートリストの作成を可能にします。ベンダーのプロファイルはInfo-Techのセルフサービスキオスク市場に関する最新の詳細なレビューに基づいています。
A dedicated commitment to kiosk technology and service will achieve positive customer experiences that will pay dividends in the long run through increased customer loyalty, traffic, and staffing efficiency.
This research will help you:
Kiosks are inevitable - they save time and money, and are increasingly an expected hallmark for excellent hospitality. Some brands are innovating on certain kiosk capabilities through the use of robots. Using kiosks can bring enormous benefits, including:
The Vendor Landscape also includes a vendor shortlist tool (xlsx). This worksheet allows enterprises to profile their self-service kiosk requirements and generate a rank-ordered vendor shortlist from a fixed list of vendors. Vendor profiles are based on Info-Tech's recent in-depth review of theself-service kiosk market.
The research is published by Larry Fretz. As the Gaming & Hospitality Practice Lead at Info-Tech Research Group, Larry Fretz manages a team of analysts to develop and deliver best-practice research specific to the gaming and hospitality industry. As owner of the GHRC research agenda, he is responsible for agenda planning and directing research in a timely and relevant manner for our customer base. He also provides sales & customer support and delivers advisory consulting services and workshops.
Larry brings more than a decade of international Gaming & Hospitality and 25+ years of overall technology, marketing, supply chain, and other business operations expertise. Larry has held CIO/VP IT and executive leadership positions with the Palms Casino Resort, the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and Niagara Casinos (Fallsview Casino Resort & Casino Niagara), resulting in respected knowledge and experience of gaming and hospitality systems and understanding of the industry's strategic, start-up opening and day-to-day challenges. In these hands-on executive roles, he was responsible for all aspects of highly regulated and available enterprise IT from Infrastructure & Operations, Project & Portfolio Management, Security & Risk, CRM, and Architecture & Applications.
Earlier in his career, Larry held executive positions and was recognized for leveraging IT in improving company performance, growth, achieving business goals, and being a subject matter expert across multiple technology areas and business functions at such global companies as Day-Timers and PBB Global Logistics. Larry has been an innovative and action-oriented force in business technology since 1986 when he founded Micro-Wise Systems and developed the first fully computerized library management software solution.
Info-Tech evaluated eight competitors in the self-service kiosk market, including the following notable performers:
With approximately 75% of North American adults having used kiosks and the rapid digitization of customer touchpoints, customer intolerance for long transaction times is increasing. Incorporate self-service into a holistic digital strategy and architecture.
Kiosks are a disruptive technology and to get maximum benefits, gaming and hospitality operators must critically examine customer inefficiencies experiences, and recalibrate key business processes before automating. Be sure to include audit and compliance departments along with guest-facing staff in the selection process and actively educate guests and staff on new processes around using the kiosks.
Track near-real or real-time performance and usage data to better measure and forecast ROI per kiosk unit. Furthermore, leverage the kiosks to collect guest information, statistics, and behaviors for both CRM optimization and to enhance the user experience.