Bump links you to your license plate
A company named Bump took to the stage at the DEMO conference in Silicon Valley this week, offering a peek at technology that lets drivers communicate with each other by text messaging or email simply by sending a message to a license plate number.
A company named Bump took to the stage at the DEMO conference in Silicon Valley this week, offering a peek at technology that lets drivers communicate with each other by text messaging or email simply by sending a message to a license plate number.
The service is opt-in only. The user has to enter – and verify – the plate number.
Read full article in ZDNet.
Related – or nothing new under the sun:
– Driver-to-Driver SMS – In 2004, Malaysian content provider Worldwide SMS Network offered vehicle owners a way to communicate anonymously with each other using a unique messaging service known as Driver-to-Driver SMS.
The service allowed vehicle owners to send text messages to one another via their mobile phones, using their vehicle registration numbers.
– Driver SMS – A similar service was launched for… flirting. In Australia, in 2001, a service called Driver SMS (no longer online), enabled drivers to register their license plates and cell phone numbers. If they later spotted someone cute in another car, they could enter his/her drivers’ plate number on the Driver SMS website – and if the person was registered there too, they could send him/her an SMS, expressing their, uh, interest.
Excerpt from:
Bump links you to your license plate
