iPhone RFID prototype is very cool

If an iPhone ever has an RFID chip in it I will never upgrade again. GPS is bad enough as is.

This is kind of cool, but the problem is that the video has to be stored on the phone already; the tag is just a trigger. So, you'd have to already have the corresponded videos, which makes the toys just an elaborate play button. Obviously there is still some cool potential, but without data transfer, you'd need an app built specifically for the objects or at least online access to a database (which seems relatively easy to accomplish).

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The best use for this would be WITHIN app. That is you open an app that looks for RFID cues and then does stuff.

Example... shopping in a store, you could get tech specs on your phone to save and browse later.

Walking around a museum, get info about art pieces. Walk around a city, get info about landmarks......

you get the idea.

If you like that you might like the desktop equivalent:

http://www.violet.net/_mirror-give-powers-to-your-objects.html

Stealing RFID credit cards??? ::puts on tinfoil hat::

/joking, but a little serious at the same time

This reminds me of a little project I put together. I made phone calls based on RFID tags.

http://hackaday.com/2009/03/14/rfid-controlled-phone-dialing/

Thanks for the info too bad iphone does not have flash so I could watch the video