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New demonstrators deployed in the AIDC Centre:

• Barcode Mobile Ticketing

• Avatar enhanced smartcard demonstrators

• E-Democracy with Smartcard Identification

For more information see the AIDC demonstrators page.

Mobile Ticketing

It’s a two bus ride journey to go to the nearest Job Centre and it takes over an hour. The kiosk saves on journey time and bus fares and gives the people of Denaby Main a level playing field when it comes to job hunting.

The Job Vacancies kiosk application can operate on our own kiosks or on third party systems.

This application and its use shows that digital services of this type can be a real benefit to isolated and deprived areas.

The kiosk application includes two demonstrators of Automatic Identification and Data Capture using smartcards. Other sections of the kiosk application are dedicated to promoting the Calderdale region and Calderdale local businesses.

The AIDC European Centre of Excellence was official opened by the Rt. Hon. Stephen Timms MP,  Minister of State for Competitiveness.

AIDC Centre Kiosk

All outdoor kiosks in Aberdeen have been Wi-Fi enabled with our Wi-Fi Mesh Access Points.
The kiosks are broadcasting free Internet access and the What's On Direct Aberdeen city service pilot.
The locations where you can connect to the our Wi-Fi service are : around the Music Hall on Union Street, around the Umbrella Kiosk in Castlegate Square, around M&S Square and around the Umbrella Kiosk in SchoolHill and in Torry. 

All Wi-Fi enabled devices can be used: mobile phones and smartphones, PDA's, laptops etc.

The What's On Direct Aberdeen is centered around city events, city attractions, pubs, restaurants, shopping, transport information, BBC news. At a later stage, the Wi-Fi service will incorporate Council Information and Job Vacancies Information, as well as a dedicated VPN for secure messaging and CCTV services.

The Wi-Fi mesh network is open to any third party ( small businesses, cafes, pubs, shops )  who are interested in extended it and broadcasting the What's On Direct service.

Councilor Scott Cassie launched the first kiosk service to provide free SKYPE telephony.

The PDWeb kiosk located at the Robert Gordon University: RGU Sports centre in Aberdeen is the location.

Early comments have been: 'what a great service for students to contact their folks back home at no cost'.
 

A headset or a telephone hand set will be added in the future, for privacy.

A two way video link will also be included in the next phase. 

Read the entire article here.

Talking with the iKiosk

The Scottish Executive awarded funding to the city of Aberdeen to install an outdoor public access kiosk system in early 2006.

The Aberdeen Council project team visited all the kiosk providers in the UK, then narrowed the list to several finalists.

Public DataWeb was chosen because of its practical and long term experience of operating a citywide service in Sheffield that has provided far more than simply a kiosk network, going further into usability issues, and having multiple operations and service provision, including tailored Wi-Fi systems for mobile users.

The final clincher in obtaining the contract was Public DataWeb's registered design for a stunning second generation outdoor kiosk - The Umbrella Kiosk.

The contract was awarded in January 2006 and was completed by May - certainly a record achievement - from a drawing board design to a fully operational architectural example of 21'st century street furniture.

The system provides a range of council and other agency services and it includes video and photo email and secure public Internet access.