# iPhone RFID: object-based media

> Touch the iPhone to a record sleeve and the album plays. Touch it to a book and the cover loads. The film tries out RFID as a way of binding media to physical objects.

- Page: https://www.elasticspace.com/2009/04/iphone-rfid/
- Author: Timo Arnall (https://www.elasticspace.com/)
- Section: Films (https://www.elasticspace.com/films/)
- Published: 2009-04-01
- Updated: 2026-10-13
- Tags: RFID, Mobile, BERG, Interaction Design
- Site map for agents: https://www.elasticspace.com/llms.txt

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Touch the iPhone to a record sleeve and the album plays. Touch it to a book and the cover loads. The film tries out RFID as a way of binding media to the physical objects that already live next to a reader. Made as part of the [Touch project](https://nearfieldarchive.org/). [More…](https://nearfieldarchive.org/2009/04/iphone-rfid-nfc)