Organizers have announced the finalists in the 3rd Annual KioskCom Interactive Kiosk Excellence Awards contest. The winners will be announced at KioskCom 2004, April 26-28 in Las Vegas
"The applicants are the ones that set the standards of excellence for future interactive self-service technology implementations," said KioskCom Executive Director Lawrence Dvorchik.
Finalists include best kiosk applications in several categories:
Retail Environment: BMW X3 Lite Kiosk (Netkey); Cricket (Circle K); Kaufhof Warenhaus AG; QuickPIX QPIX 2000 (Touchpoint Solutions); Sheetz "Made to order" Self-Service Kiosks (Radiant Solutions).
Government Agency: The North Carolina Tourism Kiosk (Technology Portals Inc.); the United State Postal Service (KIS); US Visit (KIS).
Financial Services: Cricket (Circle K/KIS); Fidelity Automated Deposit Machine; Fidelity Kiosks.
Travel, Hospitality or Entertainment: The North Carolina Tourism Kiosk (Technology Portals Inc.); Muvico Theaters (Radiant Systems); NEPTUNE Public Access Terminal (KIS); Shibby (KIS); TNS Surf and Burn (Touch N Surf).
Public Access: Boyne City Public School District's Interactive Kiosk; NEPTUNE Public Access Terminal (KIS); Shibby (KIS); TNS Surf Burn and Run (Touch N Surf); UNL Beadle Center (Nanonation).
Software Application: American Suzuki Motor Corp.; Apunix Computer Services; Marsh Supermarkets Customer Facing Networks (SCI); MediaMax 2000 (MediaSolution Inc.); TSS Enterprise/Vlade Divac Charitable Management & Ticketing System (WebRaiser Technologies).
Hardware/Enclosure Design: BMW Portable Wireless Kiosk (Frank Mayer & Associates); Neptune 1000 New Wave Product Range (Marconi Interactive Systems); NEPTUNE Public Access Terminal (KIS); QuickPIX 2000 (KIS); Shibby (KIS).
Interactive Gaming: Alliance Atlantis - History Television (Fourth Wall Media); Burger King (Nanonation).
Human Resources: nextMEDIA (Fourth Wall Media); United States Postal Service (KIS); Wal-Mart (KIS).
Most Creative/Best Use of an Input Device: Duraview Kiosk - Zytronic (& Pro-Tech); US Visit Biometrics & Passport Reader (KIS); QuickPIX (KIS).
Most Creative/Best Use of New Technology: 3D Interactive Gallery/MZTV Museum of Television (diginiche inc.); American Suzuki Motor Corp.; Multimedia Content Retailing to Mobile Handsets (Marconi Interactive Systems); QuickPIX (KIS): US Visit (KIS).
