Cell Phone as Bank Card

Oki Electric and NTT Communications announced ATM that can be used by infrared port-equipped mobile devices. You'd think they would go Bluetooth, but actually IR is more secure because the device and the machine have to be so close– no risk of bluejacking your account information. While not a new idea, this is the first commercialization. With it, we're one step closer to the true …

Dok Lok

Dok Lok is project from Steven Walsh that won the Silver prize in the Taiwan International Design Competition 2003. Just learning about it now, I'm behind in my game. Regardless, it's a great concept in convenience. You can use your cell phone browser to locate and reserve a bike lock, then when you get there simply activate and deactivate the lock via Bluetooth.

Tethered Style

This Bang & Olufsen headset brings style back to wired headsets, giving everyone time for Bluetooth headsets to get smaller and take on a more subtle design before buying one. Also it makes Frank Nuovo of Nokia’s vision of the future a little closer to reality after his use of the Bang & Olufsen headsets with the wires cut off in the movie Minority Report.