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AIRTAG introduced a new point of sale Kiosksystem. The system is able to read RFID tags and cards (13,56MHz). What’s interesting is, that they focus on the NFC frequency band, although the obvious target group is retail business (mainly using the UHF tags). Therefore the intended interaction seems to be mobile phone/card -> kiosk, rather than product -> kiosk.
For more information check their website: http://www.airtag.com/AIRKIOSK.html
Provided functions of the kiosk include:
- Express ordering kiosk
- Contactless payment
- Identification and animation on the POS
- Loyalty and couponing
- Interactive advertisement
If you are aware of any locations where this kiosk is already introduced, let us know.
July 15th, 2007
The Mobile Prosumer project is participating in the Berlin-Brandenburg Business Plan Contest BPW 2007. We are looking forward to the feedback on our business plan and maybe we can even win some seed funding …
I have visited the first two of the basic lectures and I am really impressed by the high quality content offered there. There will be more upcoming events e.g. on market analysis and marketing and I can very much recommend visiting them if you are planning to start a business.
January 17th, 2007
The Mobile Prosumer will be presented at the 3GSM World Conference in Barcelona. The company TIC-Mobile in Berlin is the cooperation partner and supports the development of the Mobile Prosumer.
Our presentation includes a showcase based on 2 typical products. Meet us at Hall 2, Stand G15.
For any preliminary arrangements of meetings, please contact Florian (resatsch at gmx dot de).
January 9th, 2007
Another project very similar to Mobile Prosumer: Consumergadget started last year. Somehow related to the University of Art and Design Helsinki. Looks very nice but I have not found any working EANs so far. Their blog is a bit outdatet and I would like to get in contact with them.
January 4th, 2007
Microsoft finally released A.U.R.A. (Advanced User Resource Annotation system), a software for annotating products with mobile devices. The research project already released one paper back in 2003, which introduces many ideas of the mobile prosumer. The software is available for download. Please, give it a try, if you own a microsoft powered mobile device. Let us know your experience. If you can provide us with such a device, get in contact.
Cartoon from gapingvoid.com.
December 19th, 2006
Österreich rockt! Das österreichische Startup-Unternehmen Smart Information Systems hat letzte Woche die “erste intelligente Produktsuchmaschine” gestartet: esolda fragt den Benutzer nach seinen Bedürfnissen und bietet dann eine Liste von Produkten an, die den Kundenbedürfnissen entsprechen. esolda ist damit eine der ersten E-Commerce Anwendungen, die auf einem Semantic Web basieren, und entstand im Umfeld von zwei sehr spannenden Projekten ebsemantics und myOntology. Gelesen auf derstandard.at.
Update: Mich erinnert das sehr an den Beitrag von David Dearman zur CHI-Konferenz 2006: Feldforschung zum Thema “Location disclosure and Information Need”. Der sehr aussagekräftige Titel seines Papers: That doesn’t tell me what I want!.
December 2nd, 2006
The economist has a nice article on using swarm effects in supermarkets.
November 21st, 2006
I have written a short paper about the Mobile Prosumer for the Mobile Business course.
Abstract:
The internet of things is only a few steps away and promises interesting opportunities in mobile business. The really ubiquitous computer distributed worldwide today is the mobile phone. In this paper, we introduce The Mobile Prosumer, a mobile phone application with corresponding server infrastructure for delivering relevant product information to consumers at the Point of Sale.
We describe the theoretical and social context, our implementation of a prototype and explain how starting this market is possible today with available web content and already ubiquitous EAN barcodes. Our approach anticipates integration of the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and a global service oriented information system, which will make this business the next big thing.
Please, download and read the paper. Your feedback is highly appreciated.
November 19th, 2006
