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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 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 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. 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

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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...

  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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