Sports Fans Use RFID to Pay and Play

"A select group of sports fans at Atlanta's Philips Arena can now use cell phones to do more than call friends to give them play-by-plays. They can also use them to download video clips and pictures of their favorite players—and, starting next month, even buy hot dogs and peanuts. Approximately 250 season ticket holders of the Atlanta Thrashers hockey team and the Atlanta Hawks basketball team have joined a trial of near field communication (NFC) technology. This technology trial uses radio frequency identification to enable phones (and other small personal electronic devices, such as PDAs) to make electronic payments, download or exchange data, or perform other applications." Source: rfidjournal.com