Tikitag, you’re it

RFID = Radio Frequency ID. I’ll get that out of the way right upfront for those (like me) that didn’t know what it stood for. On to the post, Tikitag is a new Alcatel-Lucent product and the basic premise of it is that you (the consumer) can put RFID tags on a whole host of everyday items that you use to access information on the web, or control functions on your PC. Con - fussed?!?    

Think of it a bit like the bar code scanners at the supermarket – you scan your goods and then the check-out displays the price and a bit of information about it. This works in a similar way, only there’s more information and it’s a lot more sophisticated.The example that that company has given so far is a business card, that when placed under an RFID reader (oh, you need one of those too) will pull up social networking information on that person.   

MyTake – Still a bit con-fussed…. I think it’s a great idea and when the product out in the wild a bit more, I think we’ll get a better idea of the applications. On the face of it, I think that it could have a lot of uses in the early education space. For example, using cards to interact with a learning game online could be a great idea. But still, show us some more, we’re keen, but still a bit…..