Near Field Communication -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication
Amber
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew Whincup
Sent: 28 August 2013 13:08
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Subject: Re: More on iBeacon and "the end of NFC"
For those of us who are not paying enough attention: What is NFC?
Andrew Whincup
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike Ellis
Sent: 28 August 2013 11:24
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Subject: More on iBeacon and "the end of NFC"
I posted that thing to the list recently about Bluetooth 4.0.
Robert Scoble just wrote this, calling it "the end of NFC".
https://plus.google.com/+Scobleizer/posts/3RBfQm1E52u
The company mentioned in his post is here: http://estimote.com/ - more info from them:
> Apple, Google, Nokia have announced native support for the Bluetooth
> Low Energy (BLE) chip The chip can communicate with smartphones from 4
> inches to 30 feet away It's low power so can run for 2 years on a
> single coin battery These particular "motes" also contain temperature
> / motion sensors
Personally I think this could be huge for in-gallery mobile stuff - not necessarily this particular implementation of the tech but the fact that the general concept of low-energy Internet of Things spime-like devices (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spime) sitting in a physical space and delivering content / action seems to be now - finally - coming of age?
cheers
Mike
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