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Student Appeals Suspension for Refusing to Wear RFID Tracker
A Texas high school student on Friday asked a federal appeals court to overturn a lower court’s order upholding her school suspension for refusing to wear around her neck an RFID-chip student ID she...
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School Kicks Out Sophomore in RFID Student-ID Flap
A Texas high school on Friday barred a girl from attending class as part of the fallout from a legal flap that began with the sophomore refused to wear around her neck an RFID-chip student ID she...
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The Internet of Things: Getting Smart About ‘Smart’ Objects
Have you ever wished that your T-shirts could tell you the optimal water temperature for removing that pesky mustard stain? Or what if your leftover pizza could send a message to your microwave...
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Student Suspended for Refusing to Wear RFID Chip Returns to School
A Texas girl suspended for refusing to wear a student ID card implanted with a radio-frequency identification chip is being re-admitted to her former high school where fall classes begin Monday, her...
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California Abruptly Drops Plan to Implant RFID Chips in Driver’s Licenses
Following complaints from privacy groups, California lawmakers on Friday suspended legislation to embed radio-frequency identification chips, or RFIDs, in its driver's licenses and state identification...
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Citywide RFID Master House Key? Already Broken
HAMBURG – In the bad old days, city apartment buildings often allowed entry to postal or emergency workers with a single master key, which was easily copied or sold on the black market. Many buildings...
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This Ant-Sized Radio Is Powered by the Messages It Receives
A joint team of engineers from UC Berkeley and Stanford University have printed an ant-sized radio onto a silicon chip that harvests energy from the signals it receives. The post This Ant-Sized Radio...
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A Plan to Turn Your Unused Subway Money Into Charity
A London designer wants Tube riders to give unused fares to charity. But there's a reason this idea has failed before. The post A Plan to Turn Your Unused Subway Money Into Charity appeared first on...
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Tech Time Warp of the Week: Before Apple Pay, There Was That Thing Called RFID
Apple Pay may seem like the future of paying for stuff. Hold your smartphone up to small panel at the front of the store, press your finger to the screen, and walk out the door. But the future of...
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This Wireless Explosives Detector Is the Size of a Postage Stamp
For public safety agencies, sniffing out explosives and other contraband is a tricky task. Handheld explosive detectors can be as small as a purse, but still must be manually operated. Permanently...
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