This week the ever so popular car manufacturer Hyundai is showing off a brand new type of NFC capability. Something surely we’ve all thought about before. Wouldn’t it be nice to unlock and start our cars all with our smart phone? Leave those bulky keys and keyless entry add-ons at home. This new smart car uses NFC tags to do just that.
It’s being called the Hyundai “Connectivity Concept” Car and is being shown off and previewed at the manufacturer’s European headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. This new concept is being shown on the manufacturer’s New Generation i30 car, using Near Field Communication (NFC) to complete the connection.
It’s simple. You use your NFC capable smartphone and pair it with the
NFC tag nicely integrated into the vehicle and a quick tap unlocks the
car. Then they’ve got a nice mat inside where you’ll also place the
phone which acts as a stream to their 7-inch display. There you’ll get
music, video, radio, phone contacts and much more. Obviously they won’t
be encouraging Angry Birds on the display, but I’m sure we can hack that
feature into it too. 
That isn’t all either. Once placed inside the car that same mat
doubles as a wireless charging dock. No wires needed. Simply place your
wireless charging capable Nexus 4, DROID DNA,
HTC Butterfly and some of those Nokia Lumia phones on the mat and
you’ll be charged in no time. They’ll be using MirrorLink technology for
Google Maps GPS, and tons of other things are possible with this
technology. Obviously this is just a start, but I have a feeling we’ll
be seeing much more at CES this year with cars integrating our
smartphones. 
No comments:
Post a Comment