DASH7 Wireless Sensor Networking Blog

This is sort of interesting … consumer-driven barcode app that allows you to print  a barcode on something and then let other people “attach” files, etc. virtually.   This is not unlike legions of b2b barcoding and passive RFID apps already in the marketplace, but this may yet another path for how the “internet of things” will manifest itself via mobile handsets and horizontal/consumer markets.  As most of us know, barcoding is nice if you are within a few centimeters of the “thing” being scanned by a barcode reader, but not of much use from a further distance, by a group of people simultaneously, or if either you or the barcode is moving/mobile.   Ultimately, the extension of this concept is something like DASH7, which would provide a longer-range, low power way of “attaching” files — not just a cloud-based lookup but in some cases the file could be “attached” to the onboard memory in the DASH7 device itself.  Virtual grafitti, virtual post-it notes, loyalty programs, scavenger hunts — I’m not the first to write about the potential for this next wave of location-based services but the pace of innovation in the runup is quite encouraging.