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Technologies Around Spaces
Advertisement for using Suica equipped mobile phone to pass through ticket barrier, above. Vending machine using the same technology to purchase drinks, below. Both photos taken in Shinagawa Station. Japan Rail (JR) has invested heavily in Suica so it makes sense to find use of this technology clustered in and around its properties. A relatively easy way to provide consumers with exposure to a new technology, but will its use spread?
On a side note - the C-Mode DoCoMo/Coca Cola vending machine in Shibuya that supported payments via mobile phone is gone. It had quite possibly the most confusing user interface for any vending machine.
Writing from Shinagawa | February 27, 2006 | Permalink
Comments
That Suica face looks like The Mighty Boosh!
http://www.themightyboosh.com/
Posted by: Hugo at March 1, 2006 8:24 PM