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music festivals outputting a wallet on your wrist but all you do is just tap your wristband on the portal and voila you have whatever you need within 10 seconds at outside lands in San Francisco festival goers are given wristbands that use radio frequency identification technology it doesn't require a cell service or internet connection to work doesn't need Wi-Fi doesn't need anything else it connects directly to the to the terminals that are there to make them digital wallets the wristbands act as an entry pass to the festival but also let visitors pay for food drinks and merchandise users preload money on the band with cash credit card or PayPal so now I've loaded up my wristband with some money let's go see if it works and buy some waffle fries hi could I please have the Philly and now we wait thank you similar RFID technology has been deployed at other music festivals like Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits even if you didn't use up all your money on the $15 phrase refunds of the remaining balance are available in San Francisco Lexus Avedis cnet.com for CBS News