Knowledge@SMU
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
11-2009
Abstract
The mobile phone is piece of technology so loved, that some have referred to it as a “phantom limb”. To personalise and get the most out of this “limb”, people have been known to spend lots of time and money, decorating their precious phones with screen protectors, fancy ringtones, wallpapers, themes and ‘apps’. Many have even been caught fiddling with this device while driving! With a national mobile penetration rate of close to 140 percent (which suggests some people may have more “limbs” than others), it seems only natural to fantasise about incorporating the mobile phone into other favourite pastimes, such as the buying of 4D (lottery tickets) and chicken rice. SMU professors Rajesh Krishna Balan and Narayan Ramasubbu explore what hinders such developments and propose a simple yet effective transaction system that mimics cash.
Disciplines
Business | Technology and Innovation
Copyright Owner and Holder
Copyright © Singapore Management University 2012
Licece/Creative Commons Licence
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Article ID
1250
Subject(s)
Technology and Information Systems
Citation
Knowledge@SMU.
In support of a cashless future, researchers recreate a cash-like experience. (2009).
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/394