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Vending machine phone home

NTT DoPa

All our favorite wireless company, NTT DoCoMo, has introduced the DoPa Ubiquitous Module and service, a cheap embedded wireless packet transceiver which can be easily integrated into many forms of devices. The module is 37.0 x 35.7 x 5.0mm, weighs 10g, transmits data at 9.6Kbps, and will enable anything from appliances that call for their own repairmen (under warranty, of course) to vending machine inventory control systems. Just think about it, DoPa in a Coke machine? Just coincidence? You decide.