NFC and attractive potentials

Near Field Communications (NFC) allows shoppers to hold up a card or mobile phone near a sensor and when a beep is heard, the train or coffee fare is paid.

This technology is considered 'the future of money' is starting to 'take off' in Monaco. It turns the 'cell phone' into a digital wallet that can read chips and radio cards embedded in smart posters from a few centimeters away. After paying for a football match, the phone will receive an unlock message on the day of the match to allow users to enter the field. It can also be combined with biometric technology to help prevent people from getting into the yard.

NFC is a short-range wireless connection standard developed by two Sony and Philips companies, using magnetic induction to make the connection between electronic devices together when there is direct contact or way. each other about 10 cm. With only a tiny additional chip, the mobile phone will turn into a credit card, a monthly bus ticket . When using, just put the phone lightly over the reader or payment machine. In order to use these utilities, users must save their credit card information on the device and access the online account from the phone through the service registration and installation of an appropriate secure application.

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The door unlock capability that NFC brings to mobile phones can also be applied in other ways. For example, when a traveler has paid for a hotel room, a room lock can be sent via a message to them. Electronic lock maker Vingcard Elsafe said that next to the lock, guests will also receive a message that identifies their room. They also get GPS coordinates to the hotel. The important point is that when going to the hotel, guests can go straight to the room, not through the reception, then use the phone to open the door by just giving it to the card reader.

A research team at the University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg (Austria) is considering adopting NFC to prevent snowboarding. Skis are expensive or stolen items when vacationers leave outside the coffee shop. Adding a card to the shoe and a reader to the skateboard helps to secure the shoe and board. If someone steals the skateboard, the alarm sound will sound. Meanwhile, the University of Rome (Italy) has developed a virtual market basket that allows users to place essential orders on mobile phones.

Companies that support NFC hope it will be as successful as Bluetooth and will be indispensable on mobile phones. Major manufacturers are expected to launch many devices equipped with NFC in 2009.