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  gradual dissemination: the usefulness of touch

  going through some of my old photos, i noticed how SUICA system, initially rolled out as a public transportation card replacing paper tickets using nfc (near field communication) technology has been gradually introduced in japan. the copy on the ad above is translated something in the line of “fun transformation of your mobile phone” (photo ...

  Posted: June 23rd, 2008 ˑ  1 Comment
  Filled under: airport, japan, mobile phone use, public space, technology, tokyo, transportation
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  the invisible tag

  the underground / metro ticket in lisbon was surprisingly made out of paper. i made a mistake of inserting the ticket into the card slot, which was obviously for something else. despite the language barrier, a local guy tried to explain to me how to make the ticket work – i had no clue that ...

  Posted: March 5th, 2008 ˑ  3 Comments
  Filled under: lisbon, portugal, public space, transportation

• step 2

  step 2 Originally uploaded by jabberer. The checking out customer receives this card to bring to the counter to pay. This used to be a hand written note.

  Posted: July 17th, 2006 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: food, japan, restaurant, technology, tokyo

• RFID’d!

  RFID’d! Originally uploaded by jabberer. Belt sushi place near the office seems to have renovated their operation system- all plates have RFID tags.

  Posted: July 17th, 2006 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: food, japan, restaurant, technology, tokyo

• info delivery system

  info delivery system Originally uploaded by jabberer. Using the felica ic card to retrieve information.br clear=”all” />

  Posted: September 12th, 2005 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: conference, japan, technology, tokyo