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CTV in Canada RFID implants interview

February 16th, 2006

The good people over at CTV put up the interview (pdf) they did of Jennifer and I regarding our RFID implants. Of course it was picked up at RFID Gazette (pdf) as well. The whole concept of her getting an implant has re-sparked a whole new slant on this RFID thing and now people want […]

Car thieves steal finger to start biometric car

March 31st, 2005

Car thieves steal finger (pdf) of a car owner to start the car. People always seem to think that someone is going to come cut my hand off to gain access to my house or my car. There is a significant difference between RFID and biometrics. The car in the article above used a fingerprint […]

Interview with BME Magazine

March 30th, 2005

After posting the crappy cell phone pictures of my implant procedure on my flickr photostream, I’ve been contacted by several people asking all kinds of questions. A reporter from bmezine.com (a body mod zine) asked for a formal interview (pdf). The BME Zine interview (pdf) There are some horrible misquotes in the article, like the […]

New pix & video of RFID door latch demo

March 26th, 2005

There are new photos on the flickr photostream. A new MOV video of the door latch project prototype in action. Uncompressed AVI available here.

RFID Blog Explosion

March 24th, 2005

Since the flickr photos of my RFID implant procedure were discovered on Boing Boing, I can’t keep up with all the blog entries and links… The original Boing Boing post Darren Barefoot blog post Estamosdeacuerdo blog post Engadget blog post WikiNews post Rekt.net blog post Ubiks blog post Still Eggplant blog post (pdf)

One small step for hand: My first RFID implant

March 23rd, 2005

Well, the RFID chip is finally in. After posting some crappy cell phone pictures of the implant procedure up on flickr, someone over at Boing Boing caught wind of it (pdf) and things instantly exploded. I’ve been cross-linked on several blogs in less than 24 hours, so I figured it would be a good idea […]

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