Tag: NEARFIELDCOMMUNICATION

Google has purchased thousands of VeriFone's mobile payment registers, intending to install and test the system in stores in New York and San Francisco, according to Bloomberg. With this system, customers could pay for products with their Nexus S (or other smartphone equipped with a near-field communication chips) rather than using cash or physical credit and debit cards in stores. The anonymous ...

Share When we hear "Rosetta Stone," we think of the language learning software or the ancient artifact that proved to be the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs. But if you turn that phrase into one word and give it a little Web 2.0 style camel-casing -- "RosettaStone" -- then you're actually talking about a futuristic gravestone accessory... and a lawsuit waiting to happen. ...

In the past, holograms served no real purpose. Sure, they've always been cool to look at, but that's pretty been it -- until now. Reuters reports that a group of Japanese scientists have developed technology that allows holograms to respond to human touch, opening up a world of uses for the 3-D images. The scientists at Tokyo University used ultrasonic waves and Nintendo Wii controllers to create ...