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Airport Information Display
Seen in Hong Kong:

Infrared touch matrix retrofitted to a display to create touchscreen input for airport information. It worked pretty well, although the display wasn’t too crisp. (The IR bars were a little loose, which had some interesting effects.)
When you choose a desired gate or location, the map shows your location, then shows an arrow moving its way through the terminal to the goal.

The following advice appears on the frame:
Step 1: Pick up the public phone nearby.
Step 2: Press the Home button.
Step 3: Press the Contact Airport Operator button for assistance.
There is, in fact, a pay phone just adjacent to the display:

See the Home button? Me neither. How about the Contact Airport Operator button? Uh huh.
(I wonder what the “Broadband Payphone” business is about?)
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