New Mobile Services July 5, 2006
Posted by reto wettach in innovative interfaces, mobile, physical interaction design, rfid.trackback

Vancouver one can finally pay his parking fee via phone – powered by Verrus. Call a number and type the number of minutes you want to park. Nice additional feature: if you leave early, you can call the number again and cancel the remaining minutes…

I am wondering, whether it would be nice to have gestures for these kind of services – gestures as in table whacking.
Buscom from Finland is doing a trial with Nokian on this issue: One can pay the bus fare with a simple gesture with the mobile phone:

Blanket stories
Each time you switch off the snooze button in the morning, the Blanc-o-matic, by Eva Burneleit and Katrin Lütkemöller, is gradually and irrevocably pulled down in the direction of your feets by 20 cm. Video. Via a neat post by…
Blanket Stories
by: Régine Debatty Each time you switch off the snooze button in the morning, the Blanc-o-matic, by Eva Burneleit and Katrin Lütkemöller, is gradually and irrevocably pulled down in the direction of your feets by 20 cm….