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07-06-2007, 01:29 PM
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The latest festival fashion craze involves a hi-tech wristband which contains a computer chip that could act as a credit card, Oyster card and electronic ticket. Swarovski has teamed up with O2 to design a glamorous wristband, which will be given a trial run by VIPs at the O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park this month. Celebrities hold the crystal encrusted wristband, which uses Oyster card technology up to electronic sensors in order to access backstage areas.
The mobile phone supplier O2 has also said that the same technology could eventually replace most of the contents of people’s wallets; they are already working with phone makers including Nokia to build chips into mobile handsets. O2’s Mary Carol Harris told London Lite,
“At music festivals all you will need is a phone to pay for drinks and get in and out of different areas.”
The festival will also see the biggest use yet of mobile phone tickets, with over £200,000-worth sold. Customers download a barcode to their handset, which is then scanned for entry. The festival runs from 14 to 17 June.
http://www.mpdclick.com/mudpie/action/viewListItem?identifier=news&id=19229&listId=19
Apologies if this has already been posted.
Seems like they are softening up the youth to except and think microchipping is normal.
The latest festival fashion craze involves a hi-tech wristband which contains a computer chip that could act as a credit card, Oyster card and electronic ticket. Swarovski has teamed up with O2 to design a glamorous wristband, which will be given a trial run by VIPs at the O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park this month. Celebrities hold the crystal encrusted wristband, which uses Oyster card technology up to electronic sensors in order to access backstage areas.
The mobile phone supplier O2 has also said that the same technology could eventually replace most of the contents of people’s wallets; they are already working with phone makers including Nokia to build chips into mobile handsets. O2’s Mary Carol Harris told London Lite,
“At music festivals all you will need is a phone to pay for drinks and get in and out of different areas.”
The festival will also see the biggest use yet of mobile phone tickets, with over £200,000-worth sold. Customers download a barcode to their handset, which is then scanned for entry. The festival runs from 14 to 17 June.
http://www.mpdclick.com/mudpie/action/viewListItem?identifier=news&id=19229&listId=19
Apologies if this has already been posted.
Seems like they are softening up the youth to except and think microchipping is normal.