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London Reconnections: The Problem With Simples: Why Oyster is a Victim of its own Success
Interesting discussion of some of the problems, politics, and successes in keeping London's Oyster card simple [MN]
via:mayonissen  oyster  rfid  london  transfort  tfl  publictransport 
february 2011 by Urbanscale
Nearness
NFC interactions depicted in the style of "The Way Things Go." This is so insanely lovely and on point. Jackpot link.
nfc  rfid  timoarnall  jackschulze  berg  interactiondesign  yes 
september 2009 by Urbanscale
Infomania!
Neat documentary about the politics and ethics of RFID and similar everyware technologies.
everyware  ubicomp  rfid 
may 2008 by Urbanscale
Johanna Brewer: Annotated Oyster card
Via Jones: Just what I'd called for in class a few weeks back: a touchless card that visibly stores a history of trips taken.
london  LHR  rfid  transit  urbancomputing  informationdesign 
march 2008 by Urbanscale
The RFID Ecosystem Project
UW’s Gaetano Boriello explicitly cites Bentham’s panopticon as an *inspiration*.
rfid  ubicomp  everyware  urbancomputing 
march 2008 by Urbanscale
Artek 2nd Cycle
Artek rereleases used Tom Dixon chairs into the wild, with RFIDs tacked on for lifecycle awareness. Kinda misses the point, kinda doesn't.
furniture  rfid  design  ecology 
february 2008 by Urbanscale
Pulse Laser: RFID icons
Extending the work whut Timo started. The mobile-payments icon is a trifle cute, but quite impressively effective.
design  rfid  everyware  ubicomp  interface  informationdesign 
october 2007 by Urbanscale
In London, you're never more than 10 feet from a program
Lots I actually don't agree with here, but interesting nonetheless. Via migurski.
rfid  london  LHR  everyware2ndedition 
january 2007 by Urbanscale
The NYC Mobile Trial, "evaluating the speed and convenience that contactless payments can provide to our valued customers" (!)
In which NYC begins to catch up with the rest of the world, with the "assistance" of Cingular, MasterCard and Citibank. Via Timo.
(nyc)  everyware2ndedition  everyware  urbancomputing  mobile  rfid  nfc  retail 
january 2007 by Urbanscale
chipple.net: Pasmo explained
Explaining Tokyo's new touch-and-go transit card. Seems unwieldy at first pass, and at second - but at that, still lightyears ahead of NYC.
tokyo  NRT  everyware  everyware2ndedition  rfid  usability  transit 
january 2007 by Urbanscale
BBC NEWS | Technology | Radio tags spark privacy worries
EU commission publishes report pointing out what we've known for awhile. Still: "ready to draft laws"!!
rfid  everyware  law 
october 2006 by Urbanscale
Bibliography and resources | Everyware: The dawning age of ubiquitous computing
A work in progress: my annotated bibliography & errata for Everyware. Expect reasonably frequent updates.
everyware  ubicomp  ubiquitous  tangiblemedia  ontome  space  urbanism  pervasive  rfid 
march 2006 by Urbanscale

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