French Town Tests Cashless Society

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday April 25, 2006 @04:54AM from the didn't-know-you-could-drive-a-city dept.

SamiousHaze writes to mention a Silicon.com article about an attempt in a French tourist town, Caen, to do away with cash in some locales. From the article: "Among [the locations in the trial] is an underground car park; the town hall; a bus stop which can transmit timetable information; a cinema poster which downloads video trailers to users' mobiles; a local supermarket, where people can pay for their groceries with a mobile phone, and a tourist information sign outside the historic Abbaye des Hommes. By touching the mobile against the 'Flytag' logo at each of these locations, users can pay for services or receive information straight to their phone."

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What about by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-25 05:01 · Score: 5, Funny

strip clubs? Where do you swipe your debit card?
Overheard in the French town of Caen... by slcdb · 2006-04-25 05:10 · Score: 5, Funny

"Aw crap! My wallet's battery just died."

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Re:You mean Caen, don't you? by Creedo · 2006-04-25 07:08 · Score: 4, Funny

Damn, man, have you ever tried to move a tank through Caen? You have to keep rebuilding bridges, and blowing up gates. It's a real PITA. Helps if you have a covert ops, though.

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