ST sets out the benefits of NFC in healthcare and wellness applications

KNOWLEDGE CENTRE: A new white paper by STMicroelectronics that explains how suppliers of healthcare and wellness devices can use NFC technology to implement convenient and easy-to-use real-time patient monitoring, fitness tracking and medical product supply chain applications is now available to download from the NFCW Knowledge Centre... More


Digital fashion house adds NFC chips to textile patches

Digital fashion house MNTGE limited edition physical patches which use NFC to link to NFTs

Digital fashion house MNTGE has released a range of artist-designed textile patches embedded with an NFC chip that enables wearers to link to the physical patch’s digital twin in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT) stored in a digital wallet with a tap of their smartphone... More






NFC Forum unveils technology roadmap

NFC Forum logo

The NFC Forum has officially announced its technology roadmap for the next five years, including the addition of support for multiple purpose tags, an increase in range for NFC transactions, a modernisation of device-to-device communication, expanded data sharing options and increased power for wireless charging.  More



EU to introduce open source product authentication platform that tracks goods throughout their supply chain

Qr code on a parcel being scanned as part of the EU open source product authentication platform supply chain tracking project

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has announced plans to introduce an open source product authentication platform that will enable brands to trace their products throughout the supply chain, from their point of manufacture anywhere in the world to their final destination in the EU — and, ultimately, through to the end-consumer... More






Johnnie Walker uses NFC to let consumers access immersive digital Singapore experience at Changi Airport

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Cities of the Future bottles with NFC tags for immersive digital experience

Consumers visiting a Lotte Duty Free store at Changi Airport in Singapore can access an immersive digital experience that brings to life the country as it might be in the year 2220 by tapping an NFC chip embedded in limited edition bottles of Johnnie Walker Blue Label Cities of the Future whisky with their mobile device... More



Hugo Boss adds NFC tags to baseball caps

Adding an avatar by scanning NFC tag in Hugo Boss baseball cap that link to NFT

Fashion house Hugo Boss has added an NFC tag to a range of baseball caps that enables purchasers to create non-fungible token (NFT) digital twins that they can use to dress avatars on the Ready Player Me metaverse platform... More


Mahajati picks Ixkio to authenticate artworks with NFC

EXHIBITOR NEWS: Singapore-based Islamic wood-carving specialist Mahajati has selected ixkio’s NFC tag management platform to enable purchasers of its unique artworks to verify the authenticity of the product and provide proof of ownership by scanning an NFC authentication tag with their smartphone... More


NFC Forum explains how NFC tags and devices can be used to facilitate mobility-as-a-service solutions

Graphic showing front page of NFC Forum's white paper on how NFC tags and devices can be used to facilitate Mobility-as-a-Service solutions

KNOWLEDGE CENTRE: A new white paper from the NFC Forum that explains how NFC technology can be used to facilitate the implementation of mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) solutions by enabling appropriate levels of authentication across a range of use cases is now available to download from the NFCW Knowledge Centre... More