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Join us for ML2SIG, every third Monday during the school year! | Join us for ML2SIG, every third Monday during the school year! | ||
| - | : ''' | + | : '''Your Next Wallet Could Be Your Smartphone''' |
| - | : Monday, | + | : Monday, October 15, Noon to 1 PM |
: Hatcher Gallery Lab (1st floor Hatcher Graduate Library) | : Hatcher Gallery Lab (1st floor Hatcher Graduate Library) | ||
| - | + | Have you paid for something using Google Wallet on your smartphone? Maybe you've used Square at a local retailer, and signed your signature on an iPad with your finger? What does it mean that it's becoming possible to pay for things without cash, plastic and even IDs? | |
| - | Join us for | + | Join us for a lively discussion of the technologies already around us that are slowly replacing our wallets. |
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| + | For some quick background reading, Wired journalist Christina Bonnington summarizes the future of wallets replacing smartphones, and then embarks on a month-long attempt to live without a wallet full of paper and plastic : | ||
| + | * http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/09/when-smartphone-replace-wallet/ | ||
| + | * http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/09/living-without-a-wallet | ||
Feel free to bring your lunch. | Feel free to bring your lunch. | ||
Revision as of 09:24, 12 October 2012
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MLibrary Lightning Talks
The next round of MLibrary Lightning Talks was be held on Thursday, July 26, from 2–3:30 p.m. in Bert's Study Lounge in the Shapiro Library Lobby.
Brownbags
Join us for ML2SIG, every third Monday during the school year!
- Your Next Wallet Could Be Your Smartphone
- Monday, October 15, Noon to 1 PM
- Hatcher Gallery Lab (1st floor Hatcher Graduate Library)
Have you paid for something using Google Wallet on your smartphone? Maybe you've used Square at a local retailer, and signed your signature on an iPad with your finger? What does it mean that it's becoming possible to pay for things without cash, plastic and even IDs?
Join us for a lively discussion of the technologies already around us that are slowly replacing our wallets.
For some quick background reading, Wired journalist Christina Bonnington summarizes the future of wallets replacing smartphones, and then embarks on a month-long attempt to live without a wallet full of paper and plastic :
- http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/09/when-smartphone-replace-wallet/
- http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/09/living-without-a-wallet
Feel free to bring your lunch.
See our list of past brownbags.
(ML2SIG events are open to all who are interested, especially those at the University Library and School of Information.)
