Japan-based chemical and tech company Asahi Kasei has developed a small healthcare product that should make life for paramedics, emergency doctors (and patients) easier: the portable device (pictured) makes it possible to instantly access all medical data on a specific person with a PC or smartphone, via RFID. → Read More
Japan has the world’s oldest society, which apparently makes some companies see unique business opportunities. Sony Japan now decided to introduce [JP, PDF] an IC card system that helps families check where their elderly relatives currently are. The way it works is that the person in question carries a special IC card that can be easily read by special scanners (pictured). → Read More
Even though virtually unknown in the US or Europe, Sony’s Felica technology, mainly materialized in the form of a contactless RFID smart card or a chip built into cell phones), is used for electronic payment by millions of people on a daily basis. Now users in Japan (one of the main markets apart from Hong Kong and Singapore) get to use it for other things (and on computers), too. → Read More
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