What are electronic kiosks? Various times in your day-to-day life, you might have rushed inside a train station and hurriedly put money in the ticket vending machine to purchase your train ticket. These days, you might also have used the online boarding pass outlets at the airports and heaved a sigh of relief at not having to stand in the long queue. Were you recently in need of a passport or stamp sized picture and were relieved to find the one-minute photo booth down the road? Well, these are all examples of electronic kiosks we use everyday. If you think a little more, you can conjure up more and more examples of kiosks that we use without even realising how easy they make our lives. Think about the security card swapper where you swipe your identity card before entering your workplace, the ATMs that allow you to withdraw cash in a jiffy, the simple weighing machines you find standing at station corners, or even the soft drinks or coffee vending machines at busy junctions. Electronic kiosks have really made our lives smoother.
There can be several types of electronic kiosks available for serving different purposes. The purposes of the kiosks and their functionalities decide the components they have to use. To put it the other way round, the different types of kiosks inherit their self-functioning capabilities from the components that go into their making.
The kiosk component we think about first is the kiosk counter or cabinet. You can also say it is one of the most important components because it’s the one we see first and it talks about the purpose of the kiosk. It can be stylish, sophisticated, slim, robust, or informative, and all these add up to the attraction or appeal factor of the kiosk.
The next important kiosk component is the computer terminal. While this terminal helps run the particular software needed to perform the relevant function and also dispenses information for the user, it has to have a design that prevents users from accessing system data and functions. The kiosk computer terminal has come of age across various levels of evolution today. It can have an assortment of devices attached to it, such as, a computer keyboard, a mouse, a touch screen, a bill, card, or coin acceptor, a gift card dispenser, a thermal or laser printer, and push buttons. You can find these kiosk components in various styles and models in the market today.
The customised software that helps a kiosk perform the functions it’s supposed to do is another important kiosk component.
A kiosk can also use components such as speaker grills, coin checkers, card readers, web cams, power supply and network cabling, telephone components, barcode scanners, and climate control accessories with heaters, fans, heat exchangers, and cooling units.
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Added: Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:54 am GMT 