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THE TOUCH MONITOR -- FEBRUARY 2001
A QUARTERLY UPDATE ON ELO TOUCHSYSTEMS
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Welcome to The Touch Monitor, the electronic newsletter that
keeps you informed of the latest product announcements,
technology briefs, channel updates, and application notes from
Elo TouchSystems, Inc. Please send your comments or ideas for
future articles to [email protected] or call 800-356-8682.
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In This Issue
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1. Elo's New Online Marketing and Application Pages
2. New 40" and 42" Gas Plasma Displays
3. How Elo's IntelliTouch Enhances Exhibits at J. Paul Getty
and Tech Museum of Innovation
4. Elo's DVD Solutions
5. Focus on Elo in Food Service
Spago Restaurants
Chevys Restaurants
Taco Bell
6. iMac with iTouch in the Medical Market
7. Elo Storefronts Now on KIOSKmarketplace.com and
ATMmarketplace.com
8. See Elo at Upcoming Trade Shows and Events
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1. Elo's New Online Marketing and Application Pages
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Elo has added new online Marketing and Application pages to our
Web site at http://www.elotouch.com. Users can click on the major
touch markets and major touch applications, then drill down to
Elo's individual touch solutions, including recommended products
and helpful case studies.
http://www.elotouch.com/markets/default.asp
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2. New 40" and 42" Gas Plasma Displays
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Imagine our IntelliTouch surface wave technology on a 40" gas
plasma screen, or our CarrollTouch infrared touchscreen
technology on a 42" screen -- both at an affordable price. These
large touch displays command attention in public environments
and can display applications in portrait or landscape mode.
http://www.elotouch.com/whatsnew/pressrel/products/991115a.asp
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3. How Elo's IntelliTouch Enhances Exhibits at J. Paul Getty
and Tech Museum of Innovation
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The J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM in Los Angeles, California created the
ArtAccess System to help visitors tap into its vast collection.
Featuring Elo's IntelliTouch surface wave touchscreens, the 28
interactive kiosks place images, videos, voice, and text about
5,000 objects and 1,200 artists at the visitors' fingertips.
At the TECH MUSEUM OF INNOVATION in San Jose, California,
visitors can "finger-paint" together on the Electronic Easel, a
pair of 31-inch IntelliTouch touchscreens built into a safety
glass lamination. Once two visitors have finished painting
together, their artwork is combined and displayed on a large
overhead projection screen.
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4. Elo's DVD Solutions
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The DVD player is ideal for kiosks displaying multimedia
applications: flexible and reliable, very low-maintenance, quick
to produce and deploy, and easily updated. Elo offers touch
solutions for today's popular Philips and Panasonic DVD players.
A Tennessee-based Elo TouchReady Partner, MARS INTERACTIVE,
combines our AccuTouch resistive touchscreen technology on an
Elo touchmonitor with a Panasonic VT400 DVD player to demonstrate
the features and benefits of Sears' new Kenmore laundry system.
http://www.tomars.com
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5. Focus on Elo in Food Service
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At SPAGO RESTAURANTS, servers can enter customer orders,
communicate them to the kitchen, and reconcile tabs -- all from
one touch-enhanced workstation, powered by Elo's AccuTouch
five-wire resistive touchscreen technology.
http://www.elotouch.com/pdfs/spago.pdf
CHEVYS RESTAURANTS counts on Elo's AccuTouch touchscreen
technology to provide speedy service and keep frequently changing
menu choices up to date. Touchscreens make it easier for servers
to place orders, so they can effectively serve more customers in
less time.
http://www.elotouch.com/pdfs/chevys.pdf
At a new Taco Bell franchise in downtown Philadelphia, customers
can place their own orders with the touch of a finger, using
Elo's IntelliTouch surface wave touchscreen technology. This
self-service innovation has eliminated long lines, even during
the busy lunch-hour rush. And employees who used to take orders
at a traditional cash register are now redeployed in the food
preparation area, which has doubled in size.
http://www.elotouch.com/pdfs/tacobell.pdf
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6. iMac with iTouch in the Medical Market
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THE JACKSON GROUP chose Elo's iMac with iTouch "touch-on-tube"
surface wave touchscreen technology as the interface for survey
stations it sets up in hospitals and healthcare facilities, which
it uses to gather feedback on employee and customer satisfaction.
Noted eye specialist DR. PETER VAN HOUTEN uses Elo's iMac with
iTouch to maintain all his medical records -- from billing to
entering or modifying insurance information.
WESTERN DIORAMAS uses Elo's iMac with iTouch to provide hospitals
with interactive informational displays that are intuitive and
non-intimidating for patients, especially seniors.
http://www.elotouch.com/whatsnew/casestudies/medab.asp
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7. Elo Storefronts Now on KIOSKmarketplace.com
and ATMmarketplace.com
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At Elo's new online storefronts at KIOSKmarketplace.com and
ATMmarketplace.com, visitors can get an overview of Elo
capabilities and click through to our Web site at
http://www.elotouch.com.
Just go to http://www.kioskmarketplace.com or
http://www.atmmarketplace.com
and enter "Elo TouchSystems" in the search field.
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8. See Elo at Upcoming Trade Shows and Events
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March 5-8, 2001:
National Manufacturing Week (NIA), Chicago, IL. Booth #4353.
(http://www.manufacturingweek.com)
March 20-22:
FOSE 2001, Washington, DC. Booth #2262.
(http://www.fose.com)
March 21-24:
CSUN Conference, Los Angeles, CA. Booth #TBD.
(http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf2001)
March 22-24:
Global Shop, Chicago, IL. Booth #4366.
(http://www.retailsystems.com)
April 22-25:
KioskCom, Orlando, FL. Booth #TBD.
(http://www.kioskcom.com)
May 22-24:
AM2001, Greenville, SC. Booth #TBD.
Elo TouchSystems, Inc.
6500 Kaiser Drive
Fremont, CA 94555
800-ELO-TOUCH (800-356-8682)
Tel: 510-739-5016
Fax: 510-790-0627
http://www.elotouch.com
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