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How Kiosks Could Help Resolve the UK Courts Crisis
Even our progressively tech-savvy world might not yet be ready for self-service justice. But given the backlog crisis hampering the UK court system right now, there’s a strong argument for giving self-service technology more of a role in legal administration. [...]
Is it Time You Took the Leap With Kiosks for Your Restaurant?
We’ve written previously about the transformational impact kiosks have had in the QSR sector. But for dine-in restaurants, the love affair with self-service has been much more of a slow burn. There are some very good and obvious reasons for [...]
Kiosks Are Great for Business. But They Make the World a Better Place, Too
Regular readers will know we enjoy a story about innovative and inspiring uses of kiosks and related self-service technology. This month, this story caught our attention about the growing trend for book vending machines in the USA. The inspiring part [...]
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Four Self-Service Kiosk Trends to Watch Out For in 2025
In the world of tech, you have to pause for breath every now and then just to cope with the dizzying pace of innovation. Otherwise it all flies past in an incomprehensible blur. So with that in mind, we thought [...]
Using Kiosks to Help Customers Make More Informed Choices
Another year, another slew of headlines about weak retail performance and rock-bottom consumer confidence. On the back of a sluggish peak Christmas trading period, there is even talk of vendors being forced into pushing up prices yet again in 2025. [...]
The Case for Repurposing Unwanted Kiosks
Remember DVDs? A recent story that caught our attention is the sad but hardly surprising demise of DVD rental company Redbox in the US. Back in the day, Redbox was a true pioneer of self-service kiosks. Its business model was [...]
Why Kiosk Technology Will Kill Off Passports
The first time most people heard of biometric technology was when they got their first biometric passport. These futuristic-sounding travel documents have been the norm in the UK for close to 20 years, and the government issues some five million [...]
Why ‘Smartphone Offloading’ Makes Sense for Kiosks
There is a school of thought that kiosks and smartphones are in direct competition. That everything you can do on a kiosk, you can do on a mobile device. Pay for shopping without the mediation of a cashier, order food, [...]
Could Kiosks Help Keep Cash Alive?
We recently published a blog assessing the role self-service kiosks are playing in the shift towards a ‘cashless’ society. In it, we argued that the kiosk industry should be cautious about pushing the cashless ticket too fast. People are by [...]
The Benefits Of Self-Service Kiosks In Education
The start of the new academic year is a busy time of new beginnings for families and professionals. It means new classes, perhaps a new school, college or even leaving home for university. For schools, it means new intakes, new [...]
Four Ways The Internet Of Things Can Lift The Self-Service Experience
In the hyper-accelerated world of digital technology, the Internet of Things (IoT) feels like it has been around forever. A little like 5G mobile (and AI, for that matter), it’s a technology that got talked about and hyped-up long before [...]
How Kiosks Could Breathe New Life Into Catalogue Retail
In today’s digital world, the idea of receiving a printed catalogue the size and weight of a small paving slab through the post for the purposes of ordering goods for home delivery seems exotically quaint and old-fashioned. But in their [...]
Five Ways Kiosks Are Empowering Patients in Healthcare
Here at Acante, we love a good story of kiosk innovation that showcases the endless potential of this wonderfully flexible technology. This month, our collective eye was caught (excuse the pun!) by news of Eyebot, a US-based start-up that has [...]
Multi-Purpose Kiosks: Why Pooling Resources Makes Sense
As digitisation continues with its global takeover, the list of ordinary day-to-day tasks we can complete virtually, remotely - whatever you want to call it - continues to grow and grow. You don’t have to be that old to remember [...]
What’s Next for Kiosks in the Hotel Industry?
In the hotel industry, the quality of the guest experience has long been closely associated with the quality of service provided by staff. We see that summed up in the word ‘concierge’, which in its modern usage is synonymous with [...]