With close ties to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and involving work originally undertaken at the university, Wearifi is working on development of what they plan to be among the thinnest, smallest, most flexible, and most lightweight near-field communication wearable device technology. Potential uses of the capabilites range from consumer transaction payment through patient monitoring. Product launches by the firm to date have included use by NBC Universalâs CityWalk in Orlando, FL with waterproof eTattoos that were used for cashless payments and hotel keys around the theme park.; LâOreal - the cosmetics firm - is using the firm's personal UV Sense for consumer health; installation as a hi tech hand-washing monitoring system for healthcare professionals at the Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, I
