Our final day in Malaysia, and it's a leap day... so we have arranged a geocaching event at the Petronas Towers, to meet local and visiting cachers. Having previously been warned that any event in Malaysia where you're not alone is a good event, we were very pleased to have 9 attendees.
One of the local cachers then escorted a group of us to complete a nearby NFC cache (Near Field Communication), and as we don't have any of this type of cache in Adelaide, it was interesting to see it in action.
After morning tea at the towers, we found a few more caches with the locals, and had lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe before catching the monorail back to our hotel to collect our bags, then the train to the airport.
We had plenty of time to spare, so bought a lounge package where we could have a shower and a meal before our flight home.Read more
Darren and JanetNFC is the technology used for electronic communication over small distances (up to 4cm) - it's the same technology used for Tap & Go contactless payments, work access passes, bus passes, etc... for geocaching the cache owner has programmed NFC stickers and placed them on an item (in this case a sign in an underground car park), and a reader on compatible phones reads the sticker, which directed us to the next waypoint, then another sticker directed us to the physical cache. There's a handful of NFC caches in the world (the nearest is in Melbourne)
MalaysiaGolden Triangle3°9’16” N 101°42’42” E
MalaysiaGolden Triangle3°9’16” N 101°42’42” E
John Kalaitzis Please explain an NFC to us muggles
Darren and Janet NFC is the technology used for electronic communication over small distances (up to 4cm) - it's the same technology used for Tap & Go contactless payments, work access passes, bus passes, etc... for geocaching the cache owner has programmed NFC stickers and placed them on an item (in this case a sign in an underground car park), and a reader on compatible phones reads the sticker, which directed us to the next waypoint, then another sticker directed us to the physical cache. There's a handful of NFC caches in the world (the nearest is in Melbourne)
John Kalaitzis Wow! Who knew? What will they think of next? Thank you for allowing a glimpse the wonderful world of caching.