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Lecture Schedules at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, one of Germany’s largest universities with 35,000 students from more than 130 nations, has recently enhanced their digital signage with TintTech’s sustainable electronic paper displays. The ePaper signs have been installed across the campus to offer a seamless experience for all students and staff.

ePaper signage offers significantly lower maintenance costs when compared to LCD displays, as the energy costs of ePaper signage are ca €2.56 per display when compared to €51.19 for a typical 20 W LCD display (calculated based on the European Union average 29.2 c€/kWh). Thus, using ePaper signage instead of LCDs will save about €5000 per year for an installation with 100 displays.

The 13.3-inch ePaper signs enable the university to update signage daily as lecture schedules are changed, offering students the most up-to-date information without the waste and time of swapping paper signage.

The university has implemented middleware that acts as a link between their calendar system and the API of the Content Management System (CMS) of the ePaper signs. The CMS makes it possible to easily monitor and configure all signs via a single Web interface, while the middleware renders images based on the schedules and uploads the contents to the ePaper signs. This solution gives freedom to the university in terms of what and how is displayed on the signs and makes it possible to base the design on their own templates.

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Multilingual Exhibitions at the Estonian National Museum

The Estonian National Museum has chosen ePaper displays for it’s multilingual museum signage, which provides information about the exhibits as well as the Estonian history and culture in several languages. The solution makes it possible to provide personalized information to the visitors, hence increasing engagement and improving the visitor experience.

Visitors will receive a ticket that contains an RFID chip. The ticket is used to enter the exhibition via the turnstile and to read information from the ePaper devices in their preferred language whether it is Estonian, English, Finnish, Latvian, German or French. All of this becomes available to the visitors by a simple action – presenting the ticket to the turnstile or an ePaper device.

The installation features 6.8-inch, 9.7-inch and 32-inch E Ink displays that blend into the surroundings with its natural tone and sleek design, therefore, reducing visual noise and keeping the attention of the visitors on the exhibits. The low power consumption, wired data connections and batteryless installation of the devices ensure that the EMC and heat dissipation are kept at a minimum, which is crucial to the preservation of the exhibits.

The installation includes a Content Management Server (CMS), which makes it possible to easily monitor and configure all 867 displays via a single Web interface.

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Lecture Schedules at the University of Tartu

The University of Tartu, the largest university in Estonia, has chosen ePaper digital signage for displaying daily lecture schedules at the recently opened Delta Center as well as renovated buildings. The 13.3-inch ePaper signs enable the university to update signage daily as lecture schedules are changed, offering students the most up-to-date information without the waste and time of swapping paper signage.

The university has implemented middleware that acts as a link between their calendar system and the API of the Content Management System (CMS) of the ePaper signs. The CMS makes it possible to easily monitor and configure all signs via a single Web interface, while the middleware renders images based on the schedules and uploads the contents to the ePaper signs. This solution gives freedom to the university in terms of what and how is displayed on the signs and makes it possible to base the design on their own templates.

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