RFID Archive

• 0April 3, 2012

  SUICA and PASMO make RFID Station Rally

  Stuff like this drives me insane. Great, simple, and ubiquitous technology utilized in a boring way, and completely under-promoted. The “stamp …
• 0March 16, 2012

  Ginza Ubiquitous Network Project Evolves, Kind Of

  For several years (we first reported on it in a 2005 report!) there has been a project going on in …
• 3December 15, 2011

  Retail Innovation: DAIKANYAMA T-SITE

  A new third space has opened up in Tokyo which breaks the mould of anything on offer at the moment …
  
  
• 1October 14, 2011

  Future Retail with Smart Hangers

  109 Men’s department store in Shibuya has gone hi-tec with it’s shopping experience by introducing digital interactive clothes hangers to …
• 4December 27, 2010

  Self checkout e-money and robots

  Tokyo has lots of kiosks in train stations to quickly feed or caffeinate busy office workers. For those interested in …
• 3November 30, 2009

  NTT Docomo Osaifu Keitai Celebrates a Milestone

  When NTT Docomo launched the “osaifu keitai” service in July of 2004, it revolutionized the way people thought about their …
  
  
• 2June 19, 2009

  E-Money in Japan: A Quick Video Overview

  Japan is well known for its well-developed e-money infrastructure. With RFID integration in mobile phones, train passes, and even loyalty …
• 5May 19, 2009

  Taspo FAIL – Japanese Reject Scarlet Letter of Smoking

  We’ve written before about Taspo, the RFID-chipped ID card that allows “of age” (20 or older) smokers to get their …
• 3April 29, 2009

  Capsule Hotels Modernize, Go Cashless with First Cabin

  In my years in the countryside before moving to Tokyo, I had nowhere to stay when visiting the Big City. …