“You might be surprised to hear that radio frequency identification has a fun side, especially when it involves tracking your every movement. Even so, a number of adventure-seekers are strapping RFID tags and PDAs onto their wrists in order to take part in a new interactive game. The goal: to escape from Mazzinia, a futuristic high-security jail. Named La Fuga (The Breakout), the game opened this month at a former bank not far from the Real Madrid Stadium in northern Madrid. The facility can host up to 300 players at a time, each of whom tries to solve quizzes and pass through different obstacles in order to escape.”
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The Nokia Research Center is releasing three new games for NFC-enabled Symbian mobile phones that involve tangible real world objects tagged with NFC. According to Nokia, all you need to play is a Symbian handset (Nokia models C7-00, C7 Astound, 600, 603, 700, or 701) and a few NFC tags, which may be any card with a contactless chip already in your wallet, such as transit cards, ID badges, payment cards and so on. read more »Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has revealed that the forthcoming Wii U game controller will feature embedded NFC technology. According to Iwata, the NFC controller will contain the same contactless standards used in FeliCa and Mifare products, enabling it to interact with a variety of different NFC-tagged objects to enrich the gaming experience. read more »Technology company Sony has been awarded a patent for a game controller designed for use with their Playstation gaming systems that would be capable of measuring a player’s biometrics including heartbeat, perspiration and muscle movements, according to a Thinq article. read more »Rovio, the popular developers for the Angry Birds game franchise, has a new version of Angry Birds called “Magic.” The company was showing off a demo of the new game at Nokia’s Meego conference using two Nokia C7 smart phones equipped with NFC. According to Bgr.com, the Magic of the new game is the fact that you can now share and unlock levels when you play this latest iteration of the game with your friends by linking with near field communication. read more »Prisoners at Tihar prisons, located near New Delhi, India, will now be using smart cards instead of paper coupons for their food purchases. As reported by The Economic Times, the former system of paper food coupons led to misuse and illegal activity within the jail. Some prisoners would use it for currency in order to get banned substances or buy favors from others. read more »Madison County Jail in Alabama implemented a 3D face recognition system to prevent the accidental release of the wrong inmate, according to Homeland Security News Wire. read more » |
