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more about #rfid more comments → brobot - Beboptimus Prime: Rosa, are you trying to tell me that this is what is emitted from my butt pocket when I carry my RFID bus pass in my wallet? SWEET #rfidwavesvisualized more » psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!: I hate how the guy in the begining talks like he has a ball of bread in his mouth. Anywhos, this is pretty cool stuff. #rfidwavesvisualized more » Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Could really use some help of background music and sound effects... nothing quite beats Pythagora Switch: [xspblog.com] more » Scotland: Cut open your Oyster Card (which you don't have) and remove the little chip, stick it on the end of a magic wand (which you do have), dress as a magic... more » BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: I like how the camera had to slow down and stall a bit, check it's nails and whistle a tune while waiting for the other phone to receive the text more » Pessimippopotamus: Kind of off topic, but I never understood who decided to name the cards "Oyster". That doesn't sound very pleasant to my boorish uncultured American e... more » Pazu: RFID is not supposed to be secure by itself. It's how you handle handshakes and data transmission that determines security. As the release notes ment... more » Accelerata: are they saying they are AES encrypting the drive itself? or is the lock just in the disk controller? because if i can just pull the drive out and sti... more » TuxRug: I also have two fanless external HDDs. One Maxtor, one Seagate, both USB with power bricks. The Maxtor is IDE internally, and the Seagate is SATA in... more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Tinfoil? OMG, you ARE part of the conspiracy. Everyone knows that tin and/or aluminum foil does NOTHING to prevent thought reading/stealing, abdu... more » Hackintosh: I'm already afraid of losing a wallet, keys, thumb drives & covers, bluetooth adapters & covers and money itself, all I need is 2 more cards required ... more » 92BuickLeSabre: This is an example of where technology just requires me to do more work. Like the speed dial numbers of old, I'm never going to remember more than one... more » fuchikoma: Solving a non-existent problem IMO... how many times does someone pass off a passport with someone else's picture on it, and succeed because they look... more » OMG! Ponies!: I'll stick with my luddite paper passport that is probably more secure (except for the extremely hackable RFID in it). Technology and government burea... more » joelydanger: Another cool idea, but it really makes you wonder how much of this shit we're putting in the air is gonna end up killing us. Live fast and die young, ... more » -
#rfid
LED Wand + RFID Waves = Beautiful
Sometimes it's the unseen that's the most terrifying. In the case of RFID we think there's plenty to dread, but never actually looked at those scary, scary waves. Thankfully someone at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design did. More » -
#papercraft
Laser-Cut, RFID-Equipped Paper Radios Tell Your Speakers What to Play
Designer Matt Brown created these sweet-looking laser-cut paper radios with a twist: They're equipped with RFID chips that can interact with a speaker to broadcast messages or change the radio to a pre-decided station. More » -
#rfid
RFID Takes The Fun Out Of Rube Goldberg Machines
Meant to illustrate "designerly applications of RFID," the Nearness concept from London design firm Berg also illustrates how to strip all of the fun out of Rube Goldberg machines. More » -
#harddrives
Freecom's 2TB Hard Drive Secure Keeps Data 'Safe' with RFID
With a name that sounds like it's gone through Google Translate repeatedly, the team behind Freecom's Hard Drive Secure must've put all their energy into the super-dee-duper RFID cards keeping your data safe. 'Cause RFID is absolutely not defeatable, right? More » -
#patent
Apple's Future iPhone Patents Show Fingerprint ID For Different Gestures, Plus More
MacRumors found three interesting patents that point to various new interaction techniques. The most interesting is the fingerprint ID directly on the screen so that the iPhone can see which finger you're using and accept gestures appropriately. More » -
#oled
Samsung's Animated, Flexible OLED Passport Shown On Video
Announced last year, this technology sounded more than a little bit pie-in-the-sky. A flexible OLED passport? With video capabilities? And it's powered wirelessly? Yet here it is, captured in full sight, on video. More » -
#chargers
Nokia Developing Wireless, Accessory-Free Ambient Charging
Engineers at Nokia have hatched a plan for a system that'll charge phones using nothing more than ambient electromagnetic radiation, or, as you and I might put it, electricity sucked from thin air. More » -
#rfid
Hands On with Amusement's RFID Magazine
The ultra-hip French gaming culture magazine Amusement recently published an RFID-loaded special edition. The company was kind enough to ship me a copy to check out. More » -
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#rfid
Nabaztag's RFID Mirror Does as Your Gadgets Command
The Nabaztag, known for reading you the news and playing back podcasts, has come out with a new kind of reader: The Violet Mirror RFID reader. More » -
#rfid
iPhone Prototype Makes Excellent Use of RFID
What could you do with an iPhone equipped with an RFID reader? A whole lot. But this clip shows the possibilities of just one fuction: Associating everyday objects with video. More » -
#hometheater
Sony TV Remote Will Steal Your Identity to Order Spiderman 3
Sony's latest Japan-exclusive Bravia W5 and F5 are some fancy LCDs, refreshing at 240Hz and featuring deep contrast ratios. But the neatest thing about these TVs is surely their credit card-reading remote control. More » -
#passporthack
Scary Video: RFID Passports Secretly Copied on a Lovely Sunday Drive
If you have an RFID-lojacked passport but don't keep it in a faraday cage wallet, this video of Chris Paget's war-driving exploits—plucking information off them from afar—should make you think real hard about it. More » -
#poker
Crazy RFID-Enabled Poker Table Knows Every Card in the Deck
Australian Andrew Milner built a poker table equipped with RFID chips for every single card and HD cameras to track every movement. His setup can even tell where cards lie in a full, vertical deck. More » -
#cars
Hertz Connect Car-On-Demand Service Starts in NYC With iPod and RFID Tricks
Hertz is jumping into Zipcar's territory with its new Connect service, offering short-term rentals via membership for young urban folk to load up on gourmet groceries or Swedish particle board furniture. More » -
#cellphones
Marathon to SMS Those Too Lazy to Run In It
I've come to the conclusion that despite childhood fantasies, I will never be passionate or self-loathing enough to run a marathon. However, I could track a friend via SMS. -
#wronguseoftechnology
HIV/AIDS Patients to Be Tagged with RFID Chips
In the ultimate Nazi-inspired exercise of destruction of the most basic human rights, Indonesian politicians are planning to tag all HIV/AIDS patients with radio frequency identification chips. Their objective is to monitor people who had shown "actively sexual behavior". John Manangsang—one of the the Indonesian Himmler-wannabes proposing the law—has no qualms in explaining it: More » -
#youareclearlynotadoctor
Stable, Sane Young Man Installs DIY RFID Implant into His Hand
Some people are sick of waiting for the RFID implant controversy to play out, and at least one of those people is taking action. YouTube user Quethe has posted a video demonstrating his own RFID implantation technique, involving a terrifying pencil-size needle and a chip designed for pets, which he is using for a predictably unnerving purpose. Also — and Quethe makes this quite clear — this implant does not mean that he is the Antichrist. Phew! Mildly NSFW video and generally unhinged Millenialist ruminations after the jump. More »
