Information Kiosks are autonomous high tech computerized machines housed in specially designed enclosures and with graphical user-friendly interfaces. Kiosks have been designed to provide information, communication, banking and entertainment services, as well as complete e-commerce retail services.

The main differences between a kiosk from a regular ATM or a computer based work station the following: the kiosk provides a full complex of modern services for a wide client range at the same time the users do not need to have any special technical or computer knowledge.

The kiosks have an attractive, modern and tailored look thus ensuring convenient and enjoyable usage. It is technically designed to ensure simple installation and integration to any environment or location. There are many positions, where the kiosks are usually placed, and the most common placements are: banks, railway stations, airports, offices, hotels, museums, post-offices, hospitals, restaurants, streets; in fact, anywhere you need access to the world of business, leisure or information.

One of the main kiosk's devices is a Sensor Monitor, which allows the user to reach and control the services by simply touching to the desired function on the screen.

One of the main kiosk’s devices is a Sensor Monitor, which lets the user to reach and control the services by simple touching to the screen.

The kiosks are designed for ease of use and they offer a clear interface and a multitude of great services: from the printing of photos from your mobile phone, burning your own CD's, Banking transactions, Communication services with IP Telephony, Video Telephony through simple Internet access, sending both E-mail and SMS. The kiosks are designed to be totally accessible to everyone who want to use them, providing full access for people with physical disabilities. They include the software, which serves as a guide to the user with physical disabilities. The kiosks are designed to exclude no one and socially include all!

The specialized kiosks can be easily used in entertainments industry, corporative and Bank services, retail trade, transport and many others.

The kiosks can be used in the following areas:

• Photo Kiosks
• CD Burning Kiosks
• Printing Stations
• Municipal services (city and transport tourist guides, public utilities, payments)
• Banking services (financial operations, services, cash payments)
• Telephone communication services and payments for the services including mobile
• Video-, Photo e-mail and photo services
• Public utilities payments
• Games and multimedia
• Retail and services
• Medicine and pharmaceutical (recommendations, consultations, catalogs)
• Transport (information, passenger registration, tickets booking and sales)
• Tourist and hotel businesses (reservations, registrations, information, local service providers)
• Exhibitions, museums, libraries (exhibitions info, references)
• VideoTelephone access to calling emergency services: such as police, ambulance, fire brigade
• Providing services for drivers and petrol stations (services related to the positioning of service stations and travel guides)
• Job and vacancies search
• Gifts ordering services and greeting cards sending
• Selling cinema, theatre and sport events tickets
• Placing bets and accessing to on-line bookmakers
• Products and services catalogues
• Self and colleague testing (knowledge, professional skills etc.) and much more

Functional purpose of the kiosks:

1. Video-, tele- and banner advertisement
2. Actual information for user:
   • interactive map of the locality, city or any other map information;
   • news and announcements
   • municipal and social services/organizations, information service,
   • addresses, telephone numbers, documents, plans etc
3. Multitude of services:
   • plastic magnetic strip or chip cards
   • bill/coin-acceptors
   • color digital, video camera
   • audio-stereo system
   • video-telephone communications (between the kiosks or with the information calling center operator)
   • intercity/international IP-telephony
   • public telephone network
4. Chargeable services:
   • Internet;
   • Email;
   • Photo-email;
   • banking transactions;
   • video telephony;
   • booking and reservations;
   • printing.
5. Gethering and processing of user’s rating information