The days of adhesive paper name tags may be numbered, if this company has its way. It's developed an electronic name tag that works like a low tech PDA, beaming and receiving information between two people in conversation.
It's marketed towards business meetings and professional conferences, but I can easily see the same technology being used for personal information exchange (that's marketing talk for "hooking up"). It's hardly a stretch to imagine watches or iPods using this technology to beam and receive information between people whose paths cross during the day. Later, a person can look and see if he/she passed anyone who might be compatible (likes the same movies or music, works across the street, just moved into town, etc.).
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