Cheap chips herald future of wave and pay

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With Their Powers Combined: Google, Paypal, Big 4 Carri... Phandroid.com When Google recently updated their Wallet functionality with the ability to use any credit card with their NFC-based mobile payments system, just about everyone with an NFC-equipped device was ready to start using their smartphones to make transactions. See all stories on this topic »

Cheap chips herald future of wave and pay New Scientist (blog) ... help kickstart the wireless payment industry. The devices, known as rectennas, combine a rectifier - which converts current from AC to DC - with an antenna, and can harness power directly from radio waves given off by a mobile phone. ... Though ... See all stories on this topic » New Scientist (blog)

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