FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about Eventbuoy, NFC technology, and how the five products fit together.
About Eventbuoy
What is Eventbuoy?
Eventbuoy is the experience app for everywhere people gather — festivals, conferences, communities, classrooms. A single NFC tap connects a person to the event around them, the community they belong to, and the memory they're building.
Are these five separate products or one?
Five products — Smart Labels, Venue Intelligence, Yearbook, Erawa, and the Platform — but they share one identity layer, one tap router, and one event stream. A tap at a festival can feed a year-round community membership. A graduation portrait tap stays alive for every reunion after.
Where is Eventbuoy based?
Toronto, Canada. We work with festivals, conferences, schools, and community pilots worldwide.
NFC & Smart Labels
Do attendees need to download an app?
No. Attendees tap with any phone's default browser or NFC reader. We work with any modern smartphone — iPhone or Android.
What if someone's NFC is turned off?
Most modern phones have NFC on by default. If it's disabled, the badge falls back to a printed QR code on the back.
How does a tap actually work?
When an attendee taps their badge, it sends a unique ID to our Platform. We validate the tap, create a session, and redirect to the right destination — a session check-in, a sponsor activation, a community wallet, or a yearbook profile.
Venue Intelligence (RuView)
What is the RuView mesh?
ESP32-S3 sensors deployed on scaffolding or PA masts at a festival. They stream WiFi Channel State Information at 20Hz across 56 subcarriers — measuring how human bodies disturb WiFi signal propagation. No cameras. No MAC addresses. Just physics.
How is this different from cameras?
RuView doesn't identify individuals. It tracks crowd density, flow vectors, dwell heatmaps, and panic motion — without ever capturing an image or a personal identifier.
Does it work indoors?
Yes — and better than outdoors, in our experience. Indoor LTV beats outdoor because indoor venues are permanent; outdoor festivals are episodic.
Yearbook
How does the NFC yearbook work?
Each graduate's portrait in the physical book has an NFC tag underneath. Tap with any phone to open the live profile page — guestbook, time capsule, senior wills, member directory.
What happens to the profiles after graduation?
They stay live. Years later, the same tap opens the same wall of memories — and adds new entries each reunion.
Erawa
What is Erawa?
A community OS for neighborhoods, cooperatives, and community networks. Private messaging, governance, treasury, AI agent, civic petitions — all owned by the community, not a platform.
Where is Erawa launching first?
India, then Nigeria and Canada. Pilot communities shape the roadmap.
Is Erawa free?
Pilot communities pay nothing. The long-term model is community-owned — brands pay the community directly, on the community's terms.
Privacy & Security
Is attendee data secure?
Yes. NFC taps don't collect location or personal data — just event engagement signals. You control all data retention.
Do attendees own their data?
Yes. Members can export or delete their data at any time. On Erawa, the community itself owns the data.
How long do you store event data?
Per your contract — most clients choose 12 months active + indefinite archive. Adjustable per event.