A vision of an NFC-enabled future...
By Natasha Lomas, 4 April 2008 16:09
Here is an example of how NFC tags could be used for 'smart posters'. Innovision said bus stops could have NFC tags to make it easier for travellers to retrieve timetable information - after touching the tag with their phone the user can receive details by text of when to expect the next bus.
Discount vouchers could also be displayed as tags on posters which would then be downloaded to the NFC phone.
Photo credit: Natasha Lomas
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1. Roy Corneloues
Please tell me there is no hidden joke in the "seeing eye" phone and Preparation H appearing in the same photo ;-)
2. anonymous
Kinds of seems like a solution to a question no-one is asking......
You can get all this location stuff by GPS which is in many new phones, or phone mast triangulation of your mobile signal, esp. if you watch CSI :-)
3. anonymous
"Innovision said tags could also be used to help people suffering from forgetfulness to remember loved-one's phone numbers. An NFC tag could be programmed with a person's phone number and stuck to a picture of them. A phone call to that individual could then be initiated by tapping the photo frame containing their picture."
DUH!!!! Talk about solving a "non problem" - surely this is precisely what putting numbers in your phone memory achieves??
Severe case of "solution looking for problem"!!!!!