Pay but don’t touch – Security, Satisfaction, and Expectation

Arby’s rolls out ‘contactless’ payment cards
By: Robert L. Mitchell
Computerworld (US) (08 Jun 2007)

Are Contactless Payment Cards Tickets to Wholesale Fraud?
By Jeff Chasney, CIO, CKE Restaurants, August 18, 2005

US heading towards cashless society - 01 May 2007 - Computing.co.uk

Key Changes Facing the Smart Cards Industry - the Contactless Payment Technology Opportunities, May 31, 2007, Business Wire

RFID Cards for New York Subway Tolls,
Filed in archive Contactless Payment Systems by Anita Campbell on March 21, 2006

Contactless Credit Cards: Privacy Holes? October 24, 2006 [Radio Frequency Identification news] RFID Gazette: Applications

'smart' city....what about citizens?

Eye to I: Visual Literacy

ACRL Arts Section / Instruction Section, 2007 Conference Program, ALA, Washington, D.C.
Welcome to the home of the virtual poster sessions that are being offered in conjunction with the ACRL Instruction Section/Arts Section program at ALA 2007 in Washington D.C. entitled Eye to I: Visual Literacy Meets Information Literacy. The poster sessions will be available through this site through December, 2007. Please use the links at the right to view the poster sessions that illustrate practical applications of the intersection of visual literacy and information literacy. We hope you will also plan to attend the program at ALA in June! continue reading

contact:Meghan Sitar
Instruction and Outreach Librarian
Library Instruction Services
University of Texas Libraries
The University of Texas at Austin

Microsoft Brings Computing to Tabletops

By Barry Levine
May 30, 2007 9:03AM

Microsoft's latest tech, called Microsoft Surface, can identify physical objects in addition to finger movements; for example, when a diner sets down a wine glass, Surface can automatically offer additional wine choices tailored to the dinner being eaten. "We see this as a multibillion-dollar category," said Microsoft's Steve Ballmer. continue reading