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iPhone Prototype uses RFID

david Written on 16th April 2009                                                                                                              0 COMMENTS some text
David Petherick, Contributing Editor, United Kingdom

Adding an RFID reader to an iPhone allows all sorts of possibilities, and this video shows how everyday objects can trigger a video related to that object.


iPhone RFID: object-based media from timo on Vimeo.

In the example, with an RFID reader attached to the iPhone, when holding the iPhone in close proximity to a certain object, that object tells your iPhone to play a particular preloaded clip.

There might be any number of nice applications where content could be pushed to a phone to act as, say, a flexible museum guide, or instruction manuals or videos could be played to remind you how to program your washing machine, or even cook a particular dish.

Originally Found by Gizmodo

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Tikitag opens worldwide store, RFID for the masses?

robin Written on 30th September 2008                                                                                                              19 COMMENTS some text
Robin Wauters, Next web enthusiast & Plugg organizer

Tikitag opens worldwide store, RFID for the masses?Belgium based tikitag, a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, is moving full force to get RFID technology opened up to a mass audience, boasting a low price point, easy-to-use technology and a developer platform. After opening up their e-store for US customers last week, international customers now have the opportunity to purchase a reader + 10 RFID tags too.

The price in EUR is 34,95 for the starter package, and you can buy additional tags per 25 for 19,95 EUR.

(Also check out Violet / Ztampz, who is doing something similar)

I’m about to receive one in the mail, courtesy of the guys at tikitag, and I can’t wait to start playing with that stuff. I honestly think the ‘internet of things’, or linking everyday objects to the net is the future of the web, although it may not come as rapidly as some might hope.

How about you? Are you a RFID believer or rather sceptic?

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