Four news stories.
• Should Imperial College London be in the NFCW Expo? Is this your organisation? Find out how to get your NFCW Expo showcase.
• Should Imperial College London be in the NFCW Expo? Is this your organisation? Find out how to get your NFCW Expo showcase.
Researchers at Imperial College London have developed low-cost NFC-based spoilage sensors for meat and fish packaging that could be in supermarkets within three years and help to reduce the amount of still safe to eat food that UK consumers throw away each year because it has reached its sell-by date... More
Smart fabrics made possible by new metal deposition technique — Imperial College London — “Imperial researchers have devised a way to deposit metals onto fabrics and used it to insert sensors and batteries into these materials… The technique could be used to incorporate batteries, wireless technologies and sensors into fabrics like paper and cotton textiles… For example, they created silver coil antennas on paper, which can be used for data and power transmission in wireless devices such as Oyster cards and contactless payment systems.”
UK startup Yoyo is to provide a mobile payments and loyalty app to Malaysian budget airline AirAsia, City AM reports... More
UK-based mobile payments, loyalty and rewards startup Yoyo has raised US$5m to expand its service... More