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In the competition, developers in a Commercial Track vie for the honor of having their solutions named “The Best NFC Service of the Year 2008,” while a Research Track recognizes “The Most Innovative NFC Research Project of the Year 2008.”.
The 10 finalists in the Commercial Track are:
- 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
The 10 finalists in the Research Track are:
- 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 Home Automation System
- University of Applied Sciences (Austria): Theft Deterrent System for Skis
- University of Applied Sciences (Austria): Touch to Network
- 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
Each team of finalists will deliver a presentation and live demonstration at the NFC Developers Summit, held in Monaco, during the WIMA NFC Developers Summit (www.wima.mc), on April 29, 2008. The jury, composed of senior and recognized professionals and experts from academia and sponsoring companies will vote to select first-, second- and third-place winners for each Track. At WIMA, winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on April 29; a press conference will be held on April 30.
Gold sponsors of the competition are NFC Forum members Nokia, Over-C and SCM Microsystems. Silver sponsors are NFC Forum members Inside Contactless, Innovision Research &Technology plc, Stollman E+V GmbH and WIMA. Sponsorship is open to both NFC Forum members and non-members. Sponsors may not enter the competition.
Learn more about the competition at:
www.nfc-competition.com
If you are interested in sponsoring the competition, contact sponsorship@nfc-forum.org.
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