We have seen that the name tags given to us at major specialty conferences have become more sophisticated. Some have magnetic strips, others barcodes. Technology has either simplified information exchange - which may save us from filling out a form or giving our information to a booth 'rep' in the exhibition hall but some may argue that it also has taken the 'personal' out of personal contact.
What is the latest in these name tags? Answer = nTags
nTags are wireless information communicators that you wear during a meeting. As you walk near another person or past a booth in a exhibit hall, you exchange identifying information or business cards, interests, preferences. These tags can automatically take attendance at a meeting, hold session schedules, tell you about last minute schedule or room changes, capture input from the nTag holder on polls or surveys, deliver messages to individuals or groups of people and let you know if you have a fax.
The nTag website describes that the technology was based on Rick Borovoy's PhD research at the MIT MediaLab. The research broke new ground by demonstrating that wearable technology has a powerful role to play in supporting communication and community in face-to-face gatherings.
inspired by Boing Boing
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This interesting neuroinformatics meeting combines the concepts and principles developed in neuroscience research with those from the fields of computer science and information technology (informatics) research. The creation of a distributed neuroscience information management system will allow scientists to more easily integrate data both within and across systems and create new knowledge toward understanding nervous system development and function.