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Science
2:40PM Rosa Golijan | 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 »
LED Wand + RFID Waves = Beautiful
2:40PM Rosa Golijan | 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 »
Robots
Wii Nunchuk-Controlled Robotic Tail Is For Furry Fetishists
2:10AM Danny Allen | Regular Giz readers will have seen countless crazy homebrew inventions powered by the DIY Arduino platform — but this could be the strangest yet. How about a robotic tail that’s controlled by RFID “mood cards”, or a Wii Nunchuk? Yep. More »
Gadgets
Laser-Cut, RFID Paper Radios Tell Your Speakers What To Play
4:40PM Dan Nosowitz | 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 »
Design
RFID Takes The Fun Out Of Rube Goldberg Machines
5:20AM Sean Fallon | 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 »
Hardware
Freecom’s 2TB HDD Secure Keeps Data Safe With RFID, Tinfoil Hats
12:00PM Rosa Golijan | 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 »
Software
Future iPhone Patents Show Fingerprint ID For Different Gestures
8:54AM Jason Chen | 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 »
Phones
Nokia Designing Wireless, Chargerless, Ambient Phone Charge System
7:05PM John Herrman | Engineers at Nokia have hatched a plan to for a system that’ll charge phones using nothing more than ambient electromagnetic radiation. Or, as you and I might put it, mobile phones that suck electricity from thin air. More »
Gadgets
Hands On with Amusement’s RFID Magazine
4:20AM Mark Wilson | 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 »
Gadgets