Monthly Archives: August 2006
Phantom geometry and tissue-simulant liquids
I’m investigating the visualisation of electromagnetic fields, part of our exploratory process to look at the materiality of RFID. What are we talking about when we say ‘touch-based interaction’ or ‘near field’ for instance? This investigation threw up an interesting company: Indexsar specialises in: “Turnkey test systems for the measurement of SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) [...]
Posted in Mobile, Research, Technicalities Tagged electromagnetic fields, EMF, experiments, Mobile, radiation, testing 4 Comments
RFID in Seoul: High-end smartcards
The contactless ticketing and payment system of choice in Seoul is called T-Money. Seoul was the first city to use Mifare standard smartcards in 1996. Although retail payment doesn’t seem to have taken off as much as in Japan or Hong Kong, T-Money is fairly ubiquitous and can be used on all public transport, a [...]
Posted in Interaction design, Product design, Retail, Service design, Ticketing Tagged contactless, Korea, rfid, seoul, smartcards, Tmoney 1 Comment
Nordichi workshop papers
Update The papers are available to download as PDF. A selection of images from submitted papers, click for larger image. The diverse range of topics and the varied backgrounds of the applicants for our Nordichi workshop in October is promising for a topic that spans architecture, hci, computer science, interaction and industrial design. We are [...]
Developing NFC applications
Judging by the number of emails we have received, there is great interest in software and hardware development of NFC applications. The main stumbling block at the moment seems to be working out what development platform to use, and knowing where to get hold of development kits for the various handsets and servers needed to [...]
Posted in Technicalities Tagged Code, development, hardware, java, jsr, Mobile, mobile phone, Near Field Communication, nfc, rfid, technology 8 Comments
The dashed line
I can trace my enthusiasm for the dashed line back to this poster in Norway. The poster advertises the multiple ways of submitting your tax return: via SMS, internet or post. Something resonated here, and I’m thinking more and more that the dashed line is the right way to visually expose the seams of ubiquitous [...]
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Upcoming events
Two upcoming events in New York: Identity and Identification in a Networked World This is a free symposium open to all on the 29-30 September 2006 organised by graduates at the NYU School of Law. Increasingly, who we are is represented by key bits of information scattered throughout the data-intensive, networked world. Online and off, [...]
Posted in Events, Research Tagged Architecture, Conferences, Events, identity, New York Leave a comment
Phidget RFID