A recent MacRumors article mentions Apple’s interest in Near Field Communication and the possibility of it being a feature on a future Apple mobile device. NFC is presently utilized in “tap and go” credit card payments. The feature enables users with NFC enabled cards to pay “wirelessly”. Users can simply wave their card at the merchant’s payment sensor and this will transmit the information necessary to process payment. This also opens the possibility of having an electronic wallet instead of the traditional credit card. » Continue Reading
I often visit the Contemporist blog to discover new design products and stay updated with innovative construction projects around the world. The blog is tailored mainly for architects and interior designers, but also has interesting articles for anyone interested in good design. The site covers categories like furniture design, interiors, lighting, and mostly architecture related topics.
Imagine sitting in a room and the mobile phone in your pocket is automatically charging. Furthermore, the TV, digital picture frame, and lamps around you have no electrical cable. This is the world WiTricity is trying to realize. They are conducting research to allow for the distribution of electricity using magnetic fields. The technology is thoroughly explained in their website. There is also a wide range of immediate uses for the technology. Aside for powering electric devices in a home, the technology can be used to replace single use batteries, power medical devices, automatically recharge electric cars, and even power robotic devices. In this day and age almost everything is without wires, wireless electricity seems to be the next frontier.
