“The Paper Tyger® RFID Shield is extremely effective at protecting consumer privacy and will assist tremendously in advancing the use of the technology by eliminating the fear of identity theft.” Err,

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"Hitachi [...] recently showed off radio frequency identification, or RFID, chips that are just 0.002 inches by 0.002 inches and look like bits of powder."

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"The latest news from the RFID scene is that European shoe company Reno GmbH is to embed RFID tags into the soles of a large proportion of all the shoes that it sells..."

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"RFID sure seems like it would be a cool thing to play with, right? Now you can, without being a technical genius." Arphids to play with in the comfort of your own home.

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"On February 13, Hitachi unveiled a tiny, new “powder” type RFID chip measuring 0.05 x 0.05 mm — the smallest yet — which they aim to begin marketing in 2 to 3 years." ZOMFG! ph34r t3h sm4r+

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"The tags would be covered with soft gelatin that takes a while to dissolve in the stomach. After swallowing a tag a patient need only sit next to a radio source and receiver." I predict par

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"...only a two-year warranty on the microchips that make 'em tick, despite the fact that passports are intended to be used for a full ten years." UK=SNAFU. Just microwave the damn things.

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"The basic idea is that a slew of emerging technologies -- RFID tags, wireless networking, portable devices hooked up to satellites, wearable computing -- will make objects in the real world act

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"Somark Innovations announced this week that it successfully tested biocompatible RFID ink, which can be read through animal hairs." Via Warren Ellis, who justifiably predicts that the geek

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"The "CCC Sputnik" badges, as they're known, are tracked by 35 monitoring stations, which in turn export a public XML feed so that anyone who wants to can track the wearers around the e

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"...a new project in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district, which is getting blanketed with 10,000 RFID tags, along with other "beacons" to help out tourists and shoppers make their way aroun

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"Cyber-concrete can store information about itself, such as when, where and how it was manufactured and data about strength and quality, making for more efficient and reliable safety inspection s

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"...a "firewall for RFID tags" -- a device that sits on your person and jams the signals from all your personal wireless tags (transit passes, etc), then selectively impersonates them a

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"3 million Britons have been issued with the new hi-tech passport, designed to frustrate terrorists and fraudsters. So why did Steve Boggan and a friendly computer expert find it so easy to break

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"While juicy, scientific details aren't readily available, we do know that the "paper battery" won't include any toxic chemicals, is "flexible and thin," and molds together th

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"Conventional tags get their power from a radio signal transmitted by a reader. The new tags will instead draw power from a laser beam produced by a reader, a photocell on top of the tag converti

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"Tom [...] tapped an envelope against a black plastic box connected to his computer. Within moments, the screen showed a garbled string of characters..." Arphids can be hacked, hello?

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" ... the preliminary results indicate Europe needs rules and technologies for the safe and secure implementation of RFID." Gee, d'you think so?

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"The tags would be linked to a network of CCTV cameras, which could be used to monitor movement of people around terminal buildings." Further news; Orwell's spinning ruptures grave!

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"HOW TO: Make a capacitor bank useful for many applications, ie a railgun, coilgun, RFID zapper..."

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Worried about the little extra in your new passport? Get a disposable camera, follow these instructions, and avoid having to answer awkward questions about the tinfoil linings of your pockets.

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"The difference is that these tags can be tracked electronically, constantly broadcasting their location so managers can know exactly where their employees are at all times." I think I'll in

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"In many countries, including the United States, passports will soon be equipped with RFID chips. And you don't want one of these chips in your passport." Too late for UK residents, accordin

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"...an intelligent shelving system that tracks information on the amount of folks who pondered a purchase, how many tossed it in their carts, which items attracted little to no attention ... anyt

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"The plane maker plans to submit a proposal to the FAA by month's end, requesting that the agency issue a policy allowing active tags aboard airplanes." I have had it with these motherf*ckin

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"Molecules capable of basic logic operations have been developed that could serve as tiny ID tags for identifying individual cells or nano-devices." There'll be no digging these little sods

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Everyone is up in arms about the privacy aspect, but I (for a change) am actually all for this idea - it might put the kybosh on certain households who flagrantly throw away masses of recyclables thro

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"An Australian firm has begun using its information-security consultancy to perform RFID system audits, which include probing vulnerabilities." Finally, an approach to security that makes se

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VeriChip wants to tag the entire US Armed Forces - that could be a lucrative deal. Shame their product sucks dangerously.

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"With new technology called near-field communications, you could use a cell phone to make purchases, or even download a movie trailer from a poster." Is there anything that your mobile phone

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