Singapore has 25 of the devices on trolleys deployed at Changi Airport, at ferry terminals and at the two causeways linking the city-state to Malaysia. It has loaned several more to officials in Hong Kong and Canada.
But Singapore Technologies Electronics has bigger plans, according to Tay Hun Kiat, who heads the company's operations in Asia and the Pacific.
With orders for 110 more units in hand, the company has contracted with Solectron to begin producing commercial versions in a factory that now makes servers and circuit boards for Hewlett-Packard and IBM. The first off the line will sell for about US$50,000 apiece.
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