Pinhead and I have been working on this for a good while…
Basically you can have a comprehensive order form on a chip inside the board, and scan it to bring up the data on your phone.
You could put the chip in before the first planer cut, or right at the end. Data could include the shape machine file, if that’s your thing.
http://www.smh.com.au/business/surfing-the-smartphone-wave-20130225-2f1tv.html
JD
hey Josh
save money on the chip and just print a rice paper laminate 3-D QR code and stick it where you normally write down the dimensions
any phone these days can take a picture and access the info in the code.
way cheaper solution than a chip
although a chip could be used to locate stolen boards via GPS
I believe someone is already working on that solution.
This technology is being used to identify counterfeit or washed checks in the financial industry.
In europe its being used to buy tickets from billboards using your smartphone.
The tech is all open source
Oneula - we were more about having the chip travel with the boards through production.
Stick it in the shape, the glasser brings up the specs regarding lam schedule, patches etc…
Sprayer has access to details, including perhaps a pic for the artwork.
Etc…
Not to mention warehousing.
it still all can be done using these 3-D QR bar codes.
They can hold an almost limitless amount of information even URLs where more info can be retrieved, no sure anout graphics or video.
The NFC chips can be expensive and would require special programming equipment to code
the overhead to create such a system wouldn’t fit this market.
Allot of industrial assembly lines use component barcodes to track assembly and inventory.
It does make sense to try and get rid of all those pieces of paper used in board ordering/manufacturing though.
But then again when I order a board I never get a contract with a legal agreement stating terms and conditions regarding delivery, liability and warrantee from defect the basis of any consumer oriented product.
As a consumer I would want at a minimum a process similar to buying a car or large household device like a fridge or washer.
Without a basic legal contract/guarrantee between buyer and manufacturer/seller this world of surfboard building will never reach the level of true consumerism/industrial acceptance as any other consumer product/service you buy these days.
The way its been avoided all these years is that the “industry” hides behind the label “art” when in the end, in at a retail level its really all about “product”.
Aside from cleaning up these paper orders, I think there should be a standard contract to replace it right up front during the ordering process.
Isnt that What SBT and the Other Chip can do already?
As far as I know GPS chips arent cost effective
Cool idea Josh!
Question though… can one change/update the info stored in the chip once it’s glassed/embed in the board in case theres a change in the build during production?
Not favoring anyone in particular but on the other ones the shaper can go in and edit the boards profile at any time.
The chip can be overwritten at any time.
The phone itself is the programming equipment. I re-enter the changed details on the app and zap the board with the phone. A customer with the same app can check out the specs.
Oneula - I don’t see how a barcode reader achieves the same here - it would need to be visible, and presumably removed and replaced to avoid being fouled up in production.
I mean to say that the NFC chip is buried in the foam right at the outset of production.
JD
Looks good JD, keep on keeping on!!
The reason for using NFC as opposed to QR is the chip can be embedded in the core - so for Josh’s version sandwich type construction - where the specs for the board are realised through multiple stages - the board can be scanned at any stage from go to whoa i.e what rocker to use - what type of inner reinforcement schedule, how many plugs - fin positions - what type of skin, rails, sprayed or nude, the list goes on.
For a PU board where you’re scrubbing a preshape and wacking on a couple of layers of 4 oz QR would work fine. Anything more involved where the QR code is likely to be covered say with Innegra or Soric cored laminates or even a dense unidirectional - you’d have to add the code at the end of the process - losing the opportunity to read specs up front.
The NFC the chips are 50 cents each so unit cost isn’t really a factor.
dont be talking about it do it’’
some of todays mumbos need all the information they can get
cheers huie
I call em dumbphones cause you fools are getting carried away with this shit. I can remember when a friggin answering machine with cassete tape was high tech. Gotta go…my Iphone is vibrating my leg.