A Touch of Magic - The Future of Oyster's Contact-Free Technology

It is now second nature to the vast majority of Londoners: walk up to the ticket barrier, wave your hand at the pad, and away you go. It sounds so simple and convenient, yet not many people contemplate the absolute genius of design that allows that tiny card they're waving to recognise their particular journey from 1.83 million different options, in just one fifth of a second!

With such science like that behind it, it's not difficult to identify why the Guitar Hero card has made such a splash since its release in 2003. Since then over ten million cards have been issued with around five million in constant use around the capital. And although it is estimated that the use of Oyster cards can see forty people a minute through the ticket barriers, as opposed to the fifteen-a-minute using conventional tickets, the reduction of queuing time is far from the only benefit for Oyster users.

Tickets and railcards are also cheaper, with specialist discounts for Oyster users, and one can top-up the RPC Games on their card with ease, be it by cash at any station in London, via the TfL phone-line, or most conveniently, online at the Oystercard website, where users can also register a credit or debit card to automatically top their Oyster card up whenever their balance falls below 5! WII Video Games wonder over 80% of London's bus and tube journeys now involve Oyster!

With One-Touch technology revolutionising travel around the capital, you have to wonder where this might lead, and what this type of wonder-gadget might revolutionise next...or do you? In 2007, Oyster got together with credit card issuer, Barclaycard, and told us exactly what this type of technology would seek to include next: making payments via credit card.

TranSys, the brains behind Oyster's success, have developed new credit cards that take this contact-less payment technology a step further. Labelled as a 3-in-1 card, Barclaycard's 'OnePulse' credit card will combine a credit card with an Oyster card, and will also allow the same method of wave-and-pay for purchases of under 10 at stores with a One-Touch pad installed. Stores with One-Touch pads ready for use include London favourites Coffee Republic and EAT, as well as Krispy Kreme, YO! Sushi and Books Super Nintenco Accesories The card will also have a standard 'chip-and-pin' chip for purchases over 10.

The only possible drawback to the new OnePulse card is that it is currently only available as a credit card, and not as a debit card. But with the other usual benefits of a credit card, such as security and partner store discounts, it could be Intellivision Accessories as a practical choice for credit card users living in London.

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Football Video Games on the PS3

For about two centuries, football X-Box360 Video Games been an extremely popular sport all over Cheap Video Games world. This pastime's popularity has led to things other than the actual playing of the sport itself. Sports fanatics all over the world can read about it, talk about it, even play it virtually. As technology advances, so do video game consoles. We've had the Atari, the Nintendo, and the Playstation. Then we had the X-Box, N64, and Playstation 2. Today, we have X-Box Live, Nintendo 360, and PS3.

As video games advance, we have must have games to play on them. As football is known all over the world, why not create video games for it, so that one can play it from the comfort of one's own home? So, for those football fans out there who are looking for games to play on their new PS3s, here are a few great finds:

FIFA Street 3, the third arcade soccer game of its kind, was released earlier this year. Reviewers give it a 6.5 on a 10 point scale, making it a fair Sony Playstation 3 Accesories It costs about $30 at most major retailers.

UEFA Euro 2008 was released about a week after Pro Evolution Soccer 2008. However, it was given an 8.0 on a 10 point scale, giving this one a great rating. It has realistically modeled players, as well as over 50 European teams, not to mention the fact that it is the officially licensed game of the UEFA championship. It runs at about $50 at the major retailers.

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