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09-13-2016, 03:40 PM
These companies are using NFC tech**logy to identify diamonds
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Near field communication, or NFC, is best k**wn for enabling mobile payments. Two companies are **w trying to apply the tech**logy to something more glamorous: The diamond industry.*
Thinfilm (http://thinfilm.**/), which prints NFC tags, and Sarine Tech**logies (http://sarine.com/), which develops tech**logies for diamonds and gemstones, are partnering to bring NFC to the precious stones.*
Thinfilm will print NFC tags that show a smartphone user the profiles of individual diamonds — the stone's history, its measurements, its grading and other information. Sarine already offers this information in online profiles, but **t directly connected to a diamond itself. The two companies are trying to use NFC tags to make the information more accessible to wholesalers and commercial buyers.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/13/nfc-diamonds-thinfilm-sarine/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Near field communication, or NFC, is best k**wn for enabling mobile payments. Two companies are **w trying to apply the tech**logy to something more glamorous: The diamond industry.*
Thinfilm (http://thinfilm.**/), which prints NFC tags, and Sarine Tech**logies (http://sarine.com/), which develops tech**logies for diamonds and gemstones, are partnering to bring NFC to the precious stones.*
Thinfilm will print NFC tags that show a smartphone user the profiles of individual diamonds — the stone's history, its measurements, its grading and other information. Sarine already offers this information in online profiles, but **t directly connected to a diamond itself. The two companies are trying to use NFC tags to make the information more accessible to wholesalers and commercial buyers.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/13/nfc-diamonds-thinfilm-sarine/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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