Panic's Status Board

Panic's Status Board is fascinating. It's using an iPad for content design/layout, although HTML components could, I guess be designed anywhere and imported later. Data, I suppose can come from any networked source, and output can be via HDMI or Airplay if an Apple TV is used.

What's odd here is that when it's outputting to an HDTV via Airplay, an Apple TV is required.  The Apple TV is perfectly capable of being the client device. What I think should be happening is that the Status Board is prototyped on the iPad (or Mac), and the configuration uploaded to a Status Board app on the Apple TV, which happily runs it all day long. That's a beautiful bit of digital signage for £9.99 + £99 + £Display.

There are often vague murmurs about Apple allowing apps for the Apple TV,  it's this kind of thing from Panic that makes me want to see it happen.