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On this week’s IoT For All podcast, Ryan speaks with Mike McCamon, Executive Director of NFC Forum, about what NFC means for IoT and how NFC changes IoT products and user experience. They also discuss emerging use cases in car keys and digital product passports, NFC's role in power harvesting and sustainability, and the NFC Forum's future plans to extend NFC range and capabilities.
Why You Won’t Want to Miss This
Discover how Near Field Communication (NFC) technology is driving innovation in IoT, offering new possibilities in device connectivity and functionality.
Explore the future of NFC in IoT, including applications in wireless charging, battery-less devices, and digital product passports.
Understand the role of NFC in enhancing IoT device sustainability through power harvesting and reduced battery dependence.
Anticipate the impact of NFC on the evolution of IoT products, particularly in the realms of access control and consumer electronics.
Gain insights into the NFC Forum's roadmap for NFC technology, focusing on its potential for increased range and multipurpose tap functionality.
Our Favorite Moment
“If you have an IoT device that regularly interacts with a mobile phone, you should be looking at NFC because you'd be able to use NFC in every one of those use cases. We've seen a lot of interesting products where people have integrated NFC chips to use the screen on the phone as the primary UX. So now I don't need to put a screen on the device. So I'd be able to really reduce the bill of materials for an IoT device if I considered that.”
How NFC Changes IoT Products
Meet Mike McCamon
Mike McCamon is a seasoned technology executive with over 30 years of experience in the tech industry. He is currently Executive Director of NFC Forum, an industry association dedicated to advancing NFC standards and use cases. He has been both the inaugural executive director of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group and part of the executive team that launched water.org with Matt Damon. He also led high-growth teams at Apple, Iomega, Intel, and several startups.
NFC Forum, established in 2004, is a non-profit industry association comprised of leading mobile communications, semiconductor, and consumer electronics companies, including Apple, Google, Huawei, Identiv, Infineon, NXP, Qualcomm, Sony, and STMicroelectronics. Its mission is to advance the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology by developing specifications, ensuring interoperability, and educating the market about NFC technology. NFC Forum's global member companies share skills, technical expertise and industry knowledge to develop specifications and protocols for interoperable data exchange, device-independent service delivery, and device capability. NFC Forum’s supporting certification program and user marks enhance and promote a consistent, reliable, seamless and secure NFC user experience.