Archive | September, 2008

RFID and physical social networks

By on 30 September 2008 in Interaction design, News, Product design

Poken is offering a physical networking platform, with physical, RFID-based objects that plug into a PC via USB (where have we heard that before?) A Poken is a connected business card, when you meet people you want to connect to, you touch their ‘poken’ and get added to their Open Social network. Just tap your […]

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More RFID-based products

By on 30 September 2008 in Interaction design, News, Product design, Research

A Dutch company, Swinxs is developing a physical RFID-based console with RFID wristbands for children. They claim to be encouraging physical activities and ‘stimulating imagination’. The console includes versions of Tag, multiple Quiz games, Hide and Seek and Charades. The base-station connects to the internet for uploading scores and downloading content. The movie on their […]

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Internet of Things booklet

By on 29 September 2008 in News, Reading, Research

Rob van Kranenburg is creating what looks like an interesting critique of ambient technology and the all-seeing network of RFID: “The Internet of Things is the second issue in the series of Network Notebooks. Rob van Kranenburg examines what impact RFID, and other systems, will have on our cities and our wider society.” Edit The […]

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RFID peripherals

By on 29 September 2008 in Interaction design, Product design, Research

Plug and play RFID-reading USB peripherals are all the rage, as indicated by a stream of recent product announcements. These readers plug into a PC and make various things happen when they are touched with an RFID tag. RFID readers are small and cheap, encapsulating them in packaging and offering a standard USB interface makes […]

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Images of touch interfaces

By on 19 September 2008 in Interaction design, Payments, Product design, Research, Retail, Ticketing, Visual design

I’m happy to say that with great contributions from Nicolas Nova, Matt Jones and many others, the pool of images of ‘touch interfaces’ on Flickr is growing nicely. I originally asked for contributions in February 2005, and the pool has been growing steadily ever since. This collection of ‘vernacular’ designs for RFID-based interfaces is extremely […]

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