The electronic business card

It’s never a good look when you forget to take your business card to an import meeting, but US company Mingle360 may have solved that problem with the launch of the MingleStick.

Springwise reports the keychain device has an infrared sensor on one end and a capped USB connector on the other. When two users meet, they both point their MingleSticks at each other and click the button to create a successful connection, which is indicated by a small green light.

After a hard day of meetings, you plug your device into their computer, log on to the Mingle360 website, and check out the contact you made that day through the company’s MingleManager application.

The MingleStick has already been used at trade shows, conventions and singles events. It is even offered on a rental basis for events, which, as Springwise points out, means the company has been able to get the critical mass needed to demonstrate the capabilities of the device.