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Wireless Alliance Touts 'Magic Touch' RFID Tech

Posted by michael on from the magic-fingers-not-the-same-thing-at-all dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Nokia, Sony and Philips have launched a new wireless technology, called Near Field Communication, that could be a threat to Bluetooth. Based on RFID, they say it will enable electronic devices to interact -- for m-commerce, file-swapping or to download info from the Web -- when touched together."

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  1. Other uses? by Gr33nNight · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can I implant one of these in my gf, so when I touch her, it will tell me how many guys she has been with lately?

    1. Re:Other uses? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sounds like she's already getting implanted ;-)

    2. Re:Other uses? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      If this is something you need to worry about on a daily basis, then maybe it is time to dump here and become a monk.

    3. Re:Other uses? by cayenne8 · · Score: 2, Funny
      I think you need to worry more about the other way around. Is there a way to hack it to keep HER from knowing how many ladies you're bagging on the side...

      :-)

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    4. Re:Other uses? by grammaticaster · · Score: 4, Funny

      ... maybe it is time to dump here and become a monk.

      Please don't dump here. I just shampooed the carpet.

  2. Depressing by Deraj+DeZine · · Score: 5, Funny
    electronic devices to interact ... when touched together

    So now your electronics can get more than you do. How depressing is that?

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  3. Finally reliable wireless tech... by tbase · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and all you have to do is touch a "male" and a matching "female" "connector" together.

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    1. Re:Finally reliable wireless tech... by Gzip+Christ · · Score: 2, Funny
      all you have to do is touch a "male" and a matching "female" "connector" together.
      Ah... if only T-Mobile would set up hotspots for these connectors so that I could get cheap, easy access. I considered getting a dedicated one for my home, but the TCO is too high.
    2. Re:Finally reliable wireless tech... by cybermace5 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Right, and when you want the devices to communicate but they are too far apart, you can get a "touch extender" which is an insulated length of flexible drawn copper.

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  4. Hmm... by Huxley_Dunsany · · Score: 3, Funny
    Given that a lot of nerds have a rep as being creepy 30-something guys who live in basements, maybe calling the next big thing "Magic Touch" isn't such a good idea...

    Just a thought.

    Huxley

  5. The best quote of the article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    is unquestionably "This is a new paradigm based on touching." Someone needs to tell these guys about the laws we have in place.

  6. Re:Range by wawannem · · Score: 3, Funny

    Still, as long as the software folk treat it as "always chatting" communication, and build in the proper safeguards, rather than assuming that every conversation is spawned by a dedicated request to speak, things should be fine.

    Sure... they just need to follow ethernet as an example. I mean, think about how secure and un-snoopable ethernet is, err... wait a seCARRIER DROPPED

  7. File Sharing? by aynrandfan · · Score: 1, Funny

    People, they say, could use it to establish a link between two handheld devices in order to swap music . . .

    This just in: Jack Valenti and Cary Sherman have been taken to the hospital, apparently suffering from heart attacks.

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  8. Fantastic by barryfandango · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great, now a savvy pickpocket armed with a 0-day exploit can empty my bank account just by rubbing up against me in the subway.

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    1. Re:Fantastic by sTalking_Goat · · Score: 2, Funny
      ...can empty my bank account just by rubbing up against me in the subway.

      Old TECH. Catholic school girls have had this trick down for years...

      ...short plaid skirts...

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  9. RIAA as chaperones by taniwha · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can just imagine it now RIAA chaperones on every street corner making sure there's no touching and p2p file exchange ...

  10. Uh-huh by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 2, Funny
    for m-commerce, file-swapping or to download info from the Web

    Corporate monkeys, start your lawyers! Ready... Set... GO!!!

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  11. I can see it now... by ArmenTanzarian · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wasn't trying to sexually harass her, I was just scanning her ports!!

    sooo many meanings for that, well two or three at least...

  12. That is not harassment by www.sorehands.com · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was not grabbing her ass, I was giving her my telephone number and resume for a job.

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  13. I'm disappointed by unlinear · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's been, what, 10 minutes, and no Wondertwins jokes have been made.

    NFD Twins... activate! Form a transaction!

  14. I already see... by Pope+Raymond+Lama · · Score: 3, Funny

    My to be born kids assembling together the house toaster, microwave oven and TV sets in order to form a giant-robot that has 3 times the wireless bandwidth capability of the devices standing alone.

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  15. Illegal use by AragornSonOfArathorn · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, when this technology is used for nefarious purposes, will it be called "bad touch"?

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  16. Battle Mode - GO!!! by subjectstorm · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder how long it will be until kids in Japan are touching cellphones together and watching them fight it out.

    "AHA! my PDA defeat your N-GAGE, AHA!"

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  17. Re:porn by hoggoth · · Score: 2, Funny

    From the instructions on a portable porn viewing device in the near future:

    "To begin, touch your unit to the porn server".

    Many users will be misinterpreting that instruction... but having their own kind of fun anyway.

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  18. Just think of the possibilities! by StJohnsWort · · Score: 2, Funny

    I could setup my beowulf cluster of RFID in the clothing department at Walmart!