Iqua Smart Badge combines Bluetooth headset, ID badge
Your employer makes you wear an ID badge around your neck to
prove who you are, open doors and otherwise humiliate you. You also need your cellphone to stay in constant contact
with your taskmasters. Since both items are with you at all times, why not combine the two into a single unit? While
the Smart Badge from Finland's Iqua doesn't go quite that far (you still need a separate phone), it merges a Bluetooth
headset with an ID badge, allowing you to use badge-mounted controls for volume and other settings. Next up,
presumably, will be a version that does incorporate a phone, along with RFID and GPS, so that those higher up on the
food chain org chart will always know where to find you.
[Via Slashphone]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Phil @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM
They don't need GPS, the door access systems log where you are when you pass through a door so they know where you are all the time - assuming you're in the office. I was in my company's security office one day and saw the screen doing the logging and although the door to the toilet didn't require you to swipe your badge it still detected when you went in or out. Big Brother is Watching Loo.
Mark @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM
Next step: idPod
JT @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM
"Next step: idPod"
My nano fits perfectly next to my id in that plastic cover. One side shows the id (Beeps in too). The other site is the front of my nano.
Works really well...
and I never forget my ID now.
BP @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM
The badge holder part of this is ghey. They should just release this as a lanyard so you can use a badge reel or other badge holder with it.
/badge wearing sheep type
Bluetooth @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM
Nice working design and idea as a "Dog Tag". However poor market launch or not even in market? Check with Iqua but poor customer service so why bother to buy when business entity mind not there. One word: Fail
brian @ Dec 30th 2005 10:10AM
i think its great idea/product..anyone know were i can buy 1,also want there snake bluetooth 4 the car..its ideas like this that make all this fun..why .so negative...if u dont wear a id badge u wouldnt understand..DONT BUY 1 crybaby...please email me the info if anyone could bl