Suica (JR's smart cards for fare collection in the Tokyo area) uses electromagnetic induction - so that's not exactly new. Gerhard Nick May wrote: > The kind of thing you might reject as snake-oil at first sight.... > > The company involved is said to have got the kit for sending signals > using magnetic induction into a small chip... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gerhard Fasol, PhD Eurotechnology Japan K. K. fasol_at_eurotechnology.com http://www.eurotechnology.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Find us in "IBM developerWorks" and in "Chemical & Engineering News": http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/wireless/library/wi-elite8.html http://pubs.acs.org/cen/topstory/8049/8049bus1.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------Received on Sat Sep 20 23:09:06 2003