WIMA 2009 : “Touching the Future” NFC Forum Competition

“Touching the Future” NFC Forum Competition

Awards Ceremony & Demo Space

The Touching the Future NFC Forum Global Competition Awards Ceremony & Finals took place on Tuesday April 29th during WIMA 2008. Finalists demonstrated their nominated NFC services & applications on the Competition Demo Space area of the WIMA exhibition floor to an international Jury and WIMA participants.

Click here to watch the Touching the Future NFC Forum Global Competition Awards Ceremony and Demo Space video highlights

In the competition, developers in a Commercial Track vied for the honor of having their solutions named "The Best NFC Service of the Year 2008," while a Research Track recognized "The Most Innovative NFC Research Project of the Year 2008."

The first-place winner in the Commercial Track was VingCard Elsafe of Norway for its "Signature RFID by VingCard - Electronic Lock for Hotels." This solution enables hotel guests with NFC-enabled mobile phones to completely bypass the check-in process and unlock their hotel room doors using their phones.

The first-place winner in the Research Track was Lancaster University of the UK for "Touch & Interact: Applied to a Tourist Guide Prototype." This project uses NFC technology to allow mobile phone handsets and public information screens to share display space, thereby overcoming the screen size limitations of mobile phone displays.

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Research Track Winner Lancaster University, UK	Commercial Track Winner VingCard Elsafe, Norway

Commercial Track Finalists

* Adamsoft (Slovenia): Collecting Returnable Packaging with NFC Phones
* AIRTAG and Oberthur (France): NFC Mobile Kiosk for Fast Food
* Akbank and Somobile (Turkey): CAP/Campaign Access Point
* Contactless Data, Inc (U.S.): Mobilizing the Coupon Industry with NFC
* DS Consulting (France): Contactless Card and Reader with Two Physical Levels of Communication Security
* Futurlink (Spain): Interactive Video Streaming Using Dynamic NFC Addresses
* Hansaprint (Finland): Platform for Smart Product Creation
* SKIDATA (Austria): Access Control via NFC Mobile Phones
* Teliasonera (Sweden): Telia Kvittens
* VingCard Elsafe (Norway): Signature RFID by VingCard - Electronic Lock for Hotels

Research Track Finalists

* Carlos III University Madrid (Spain): NFC interactive panel
* Lancaster University (UK): Touch & Interact: Applied to a Tourist Guide Prototype
* Technical University of Munich (Germany): A Lightweight Framework for User-Centric NFC Applications
* Technical University of Munich (Germany): News On the Go
* University of Applied Sciences (Austria): Smart Doorbell: An NFC-SIM- Based
* University of Applied Sciences (Austria): Theft Deterrent System for Skis
* University of Applied Sciences (Austria): Touch to Network Home Automation System
* University of Dundee (Scotland): Mobile NFC & Healthcare Services
* University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis MBDS (France): Ticket Tap
* University of Rome WLAB (Italy): Remote Grocery Shopping via NFC

Competition Organisers

NFC Forum