Rfid Archive

  • What’s cheaper than buying an anti-RFID wallet?

    What’s cheaper than buying an anti-RFID wallet?

    Posted on June 1, 2010 | No Comments
    The following is in the interest of saving you money, which is probably my number one goal here at CG: preventing you from spending money when you don't have to. I've seen ads on Drudge recently pimping RFID-blocking wallets produced by a company called Identity Stronghold. The idea behind the wallet is to block the RFID chip found in your credit card from being surreptitiously scanned. Now, I'm sure it's a fine product and one that works as advertised; I have no "issue" with said wallet. But that's partially why you can get away with not buying one: it's fairly easy to disable the RFID chip in your credit card. What do you need? Nothing more than a hammer!

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  • OLED ID cards creepy, probably helpful

    OLED ID cards creepy, probably helpful

    Posted on January 11, 2010 | No Comments
    I question the actually utility of this, except for in corporate ID badging. It is cool though, combining OLED, RFID, and 3D into an ID. Plus, how is that for an alphabet soup of acronyms? Thanks to NetbookNews for the tip.

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  • Wireless Dynamics brings the joys of inventory management to the iPhone with the iCarte RFID reader

    Wireless Dynamics brings the joys of inventory management to the iPhone with the iCarte RFID reader

    Posted on November 19, 2009 | No Comments
    Wireless Dynamics brings the joys of inventory management to the iPhone with the iCarte RFID reader
    "You know, that pallet of overpriced skin cream isn't going to stock itself. Maybe if you'd stop playing Bingo Bonanza you'd have done that already. Oh, you say you're scanning their RFIDs to add them to our system? Whatever, you're fired." It's a scenario we see playing itself out at warehouses all around the world thanks to the iCarte from Wireless Dynamics, a device enabling iPods and iPhones to read from and write to RFID tags. It clips on the bottom and sports a mini-USB port so that you can still sync, but can also use the phone's wireless mechanisms to communicate with various systems, updating inventory or tracking purchases. As far as we know it will not prevent your phone from playing games, but we won't tell your boss about that. Nor will we tell him how much these will cost or when he can order them, since we don't know ourselves.

    Update: Wireless Dynamics asked that we clarify that this device is indeed consumer-oriented, able to scan the RFID tags in your credit cards, transport badges, and probably even that chip you had implanted into your dog's head. So, this means you would be able to make MasterCard PayPass and similar RFID transactions without even reaching for your wallet -- which sounds as convenient as it does disconcerting. Being able to verify that your dog hasn't been replaced by an evil clone while you were at work? Priceless.

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  • Tagged World Project uses RFID to evaluate “living willingness”

    Tagged World Project uses RFID to evaluate “living willingness”

    Posted on October 7, 2009 | No Comments
    IMG_8183One of the more interesting booths at CEATEC is that of the Tagged World Project. It aims to deploy many RFID tags around an elderly person's domicile, and then equip their slippers (or other house clothes) with RFID readers that will read the tags in its proximity. Then a variety of analyses can be performed on the data collected to determine, ostensibly, how healthy and active an older person is. Read on for more.

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  • Review: Touchatag RFID System

    Review: Touchatag RFID System

    Posted on August 6, 2009 | No Comments
    You always remember your first time, right? That heady rush, the embarrassment that turns into passion, that sense that this, this moment right now, is what you’re living for. You could stay this way forever or die today - it didn’t matter. I think Bryan Adams said it best when he wrote: I got my first [...]

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