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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Oh dear by HawkingMattress · 2006-04-25 06:58 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I live there, never heard of that, and it kinda feels strange to learn it from slashdot, US centric and all...
I guess i should go out more. But i fear the nazis might catch me... This war is getting long, when are you guys coming to give us a hand ?