NFC World » VTT Technical Research Centre http://www.nfcworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more Fri, 25 May 2012 12:47:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 VTT tests talking product packaging http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/13/313176/vtt-tests-talking-product-packaging/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/13/313176/vtt-tests-talking-product-packaging/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:50:01 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13176 The Finnish R&D company's HearMeFeelMe project focused on how NFC could be used to improve the way elderly and visually impaired people interact with the world around them, including a system that allows product information to be recorded on an NFC tag and then read back to the user via an NFC phone.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/03/24/33299/finalists-announced-for-2010-nfc-forum-global-competition/feed/ 0 VTT video shows NFC social networking service in action http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/03/24/33280/vtt-video-shows-nfc-social-networking-service-in-action/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/03/24/33280/vtt-video-shows-nfc-social-networking-service-in-action/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:50:24 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=3280 Finnish technical research institute VTT has produced a video showing its NFC-based social networking concept in action: Hot in the City won first place in the NFC Forum Global Competition's Research Track last year. The...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/03/24/33280/vtt-video-shows-nfc-social-networking-service-in-action/feed/ 0 The 2010 NFC Forum Global Competition is open for entries http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/11/05/32173/the-2010-nfc-forum-global-competition-is-open-for-entries/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/11/05/32173/the-2010-nfc-forum-global-competition-is-open-for-entries/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:44:55 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=2173 Prize money totalling €15,000 is available for the top entries in this year's NFC Forum Global Competition, again featuring separate tracks for both innovative research projects and commercial solutions.

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