22/7  RFID and NFC Forum

Category: Miscellaneous    By editor at 17:51
Second sight
If you're not interested in radio frequency identification (RFID), you should be.

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More interestingly, Sony, Nokia and Philips have formed the NFC Forum to develop and promote the technology. Why Nokia? One of the most interesting category of devices that could operate in passive or active (ie, requiring power) mode is mobile phones, and these will undoubtedly be one of the most widespread category of consumer NFC device.

To put this in context, imagine your mobile phone has an NFC interface. Then, even when your phone is switched off, it can do useful things: pay for items, for example. Wave your phone at the till in Starbucks and you have paid much quicker, and easier, than you could with cash.




Comments

Loic Le Meur - loic [at] ublog.com - http://www.loiclemeur.com
2004-07-28 09:26:49

Hi ! Sorry to use comments but I could not find an email address on your blog. Congrats for your blog and thanks for blogrolling me, I just wanted to let you know that my blog url is not at ublog anymore, it is at http://www.loiclemeur.com

Thanks for your interest & best
Loic

Katherine Albrecht - http://www.nocards.org/AutoID/overview.shtml
2004-08-31 10:39:16

While developers claim that RFID technology will create "order and balance" in a chaotic world, even the center's executive director, Kevin Ashton, acknowledges there's a "Brave New World" feel to the technology. He admits, for example, that people might balk at the thought of police using RFID to scan the contents of a car's trunk without needing to open it. The Center's co-director, Sanjay E. Sarma, has already begun planning strategies to counter the public backlash he expects the system will encounter.

Roger - http://roger.kaywa.ch
2004-09-14 15:45:06

Loïc,
I am back.
I took out all the stuff which is not immediately in relation with mobiles or KAYWA, my company. My own personal weblog links to you instead.
Best
Roger

Roger
2004-09-14 15:47:00

Catherine,
Yes, you were absolutely right to put this comment. Thank you.

What do others think about RFID?


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