Near field communication aka NFC is a technology that will allow you to exchange data between devices. If you don't have the ‘Pure Google' phone, Nexus S (4G) you probably don't have NFC capabilities with that Android device you have in your hand. Yea, look at it. Nope! And you know you wish you had the capability after reading all about the latest service to come from the search giant, Google Wallet.
You could take a shot at fixing that problem, or just commend the guy that made the following video for his efforts. He's put to together a little project he likes to call the “Poor Mans NFC”. Joe Desbonnet has recorded video of his device communicating with an Arduino. By using this micro-controller and some magnetic wire strategically placed and this app as the interface, he was able to send data to his compass enabled HTC Desire . This wouldn't be practical to set up your device with NFC this way, but sure is cool to see someone take the initiative. If you have the desire to look further into this check out his blog and instructions.
Check out the You Tube video after the break.
