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Four Questions to Ask About Your Next Kiosk Rollout (and How We’d Answer Them)
Regular readers of this blog will know that we like to wax lyrical about cutting-edge kiosk technology and all the varied and innovative ways it is used. As kiosk vendors, who can blame us? Being right in the middle of [...]
What Will Biometric Border Checks Mean for Travel to the EU?
If you’re planning a summer holiday to Spain, Greece, the south of France or any other EU destination this year, try to savour the experience at passport control (if such a thing is even possible). Because the next time you [...]
Why Peripherals Should Be at the Centre of Your Kiosk Strategy
When most new customers approach us to talk about introducing kiosks to their business, there’s one particular part above all others they want to talk about. The touchscreen. What size touchscreens do you offer? What type are they, how responsive [...]
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Could Kiosks Help Make Passport Application Backlogs a Thing of the Past?
It’s been another difficult year for travellers. After two years of COVID-related disruption kept the majority of holidaymakers on these shores, the problems this year have largely been caused by so many people looking to get abroad again. Airports and [...]
Are Kiosks a Good Fit for Small Businesses?
Self-service kiosks are already a familiar sight everywhere from fast food restaurant chains to multiplex cinemas, office block reception areas to airport check-in halls. Not to mention supermarkets, where self-checkout lanes continue to pioneer the self-serve concept in retail. Yet [...]
How Kiosks Could Help Ease Airport ‘Chaos’
It’s been a tough couple of months for the UK’s airports, not to mention the passengers looking forward to a long-overdue trip abroad. After all the disruption to international travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the flight cancellations and long [...]
The Advantages of Digital Kiosks in Hospitals
Digital kiosks in hospitals and other healthcare settings are increasingly ubiquitous - and for good reason. There are numerous advantages of digital kiosks in hospitals, from increased efficiency to higher levels of patient satisfaction. Read on for our guide to [...]
Our Top Tips For Cleaning Your Touchscreen Kiosk
Although always necessary, the Covid-19 pandemic drew extra attention to the importance of touchscreen kiosk cleanliness. Across workplaces and retailers, social distancing was mandated, meaning the use of interactive kiosks was encouraged and prevalent nationwide. However, the nature of the [...]
How Self Payment Kiosks Could Help Your Car Parking Business
Digital self-payment kiosks have revolutionised car parking. Gone are the days of holding onto loose change and slowly feeding coins into a slot - or, having to turn around and go home, because you don’t have enough cash. Those were [...]
Virtual Reality and Kiosks: The Future of Kiosks?
Once existing in the realms of science fiction, virtual reality has truly become ‘reality’. The pace of growth in the virtual reality (VR) space is astonishing. By 2024, it’s estimated to become a $12 billion global industry – and the [...]
The Benefits of Using Kiosk Banking
The benefits of using kiosk banking are significant for individual customers and bank branches alike. Before we go any further, it’s important to clarify the terminology we’re using. A banking kiosk isn’t the same as an automatic teller machine (ATM). [...]
How Long Does It Take To Install An Interactive Kiosk?
The benefits of interactive kiosks are well established. It’s therefore unsurprising that demand for kiosks, across a wide range of sectors, continues to increase. For many businesses, installing a kiosk, or multiple interactive screens is part of a strategy to [...]
What is Biometrics and What Has it Got To Do With Kiosks?
For most people, their first encounter with biometrics came via their passport. If you’re a UK citizen and have renewed your passport since 2010, you will now be the proud holder of a biometric passport. What that means is that [...]
How to Pick the Right Kiosk for Your Business
Use cases for self-service kiosks are expanding rapidly. As a result, the form and function of kiosks is multiplying at a similarly advanced rate. For example, at Acante we sell kiosks for three main purposes - identification and authentication, information [...]
How Kiosks Have Revolutionised the Fast Food Sector
Kiosks and fast food. A marriage made in heaven. A decade ago, when you went into a fast food restaurant, you expected to queue at the counter, give your order to a member of staff, pay and then wait for [...]