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Adventures in RFID

Live RFID implant proceedure at Seattle DorkBot

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Live RFID implant proceedure at Seattle DorkBot

I take credit for that one...

I take credit for that one…

Monday, March 16th, 2009

My photos being used to scare people and hock crap.

My Maker spot in MakeZine TV Episode 9

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

A while back the good folks over at MakeZine TV asked me to put together some video clips of me talking and using my implant. I’ve done tons of interviews where people ask me the usual questions, but sitting there pretending to answer phantom questions while directly addressing the camera… it’s hard! I guess I’ll […]

RFID enhanced motorcycle ignition

Friday, February 27th, 2009

A while back the good folks over at MakeZine TV asked me to put together some video clips of me talking and using my implant. The episode should be airing tomorrow. This is one of the clips I shot for them. Basically I stuffed a smart RFID reader and some relays into my bike in […]

RFID enhanced fire safe

Friday, February 27th, 2009

This is the RFID enhanced fire safe I built while writing Chapter 5 of my book RFID Toys. I was just going through my files doing some spring cleaning and found this video I took shortly after completing the project.

Limitations reading small glass RFID implant tags

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

A lot of my RFID Toys readers often email me or post on the forum telling me about problems they are having using glass tags with certain readers. Mostly the issue is not being able to get good range, etc. When it comes to RFID tags, especially glass ampoule tags, size matters. There are several […]

Open source OpenBeacon 2.4GHz active RFID platform for real time tracking

Open source OpenBeacon 2.4GHz active RFID platform for real time tracking

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

A while back I heard of this open source 2.4GHz active RFID platform called OpenBeacon. At the time I thought it was simply an open source active RFID system, which really only appealed to me because the end products might be cheap enough for broke hobbyists to play with. When time finally permitted me to […]

Review of Ananiah Electronics active RFID modules and readers

Review of Ananiah Electronics active RFID modules and readers

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

On the RFID Toys forum, I’m always fielding questions about RFID basics and helping educate people about RFID applications. I also get a lot of questions about where to find cheap gear. I was hoping to be able to answer some of those questions by pointing people to www.ananiahelectronics.com. Will I be able to confidently […]

The governator passes anti-skimming RFID law & veto’s student RFID consent law

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

…when it comes to children, that’s where consent gets complicated…

Loc8tor - Hunting down stolen goods

Loc8tor – Hunting down stolen goods

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

So many people have been asking me on the RFID Toys forum for a way to use RFID to locate things. I’ve always told them two things: 1) RFID is an identifying technology, not a tracking technology… and 2) Check out the Loc8tor, a simple RFID based direction and range finding solution… but I’d never […]

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