170 blog results for "RFID"

Software company Zerofootprint has developed TalkingPlug, a network-enabled plug replacement that can gather energy usage data and control appliances.

Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica

Company says its new silver-based ink can be used to print electronic circuitry on everything from flexible e-book screens to pill bottles.

Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland

Location-based services are one of today's hot trends, but the length of time it's taken for them to truly arrive carries broader lessons about technology adoption.

Posted in The Pervasive Data Center by Gordon Haff

Only the Japanese could combine a cemetery and a jukebox and make it OK.

Posted in Crave by Matt Hickey

Fujitsu has come up with a flexible, ultra high frequency-band RFID tag that can withstand temperatures up to 250 degrees Fahrenheit and high-pressure conditions of 2 atm.

Posted in Crave by Leslie Katz

Spotlight on this year's finalists in the Electrolux Design Lab industrial design competition.

Posted in Appliances & Kitchen Gadgets by Jennifer Lowell

In this era of ever-tinier gear, such as Sony's PSP Slim, which gadgets would you like to see getting downsized? Vote in our poll.

Posted in Crave by Leslie Katz

Just 10 digits of distinctive personal info are enough to strip away our anonymity. The technologies that advance us into omniscience will also bring us backward.

Posted in News - Security by Ari Juels

Developed by students at Central Michigan University, new smart cane uses radio frequency transmitters to help people navigate around objects and determine where to walk.

Posted in Crave by Lance Whitney

Compromised ATMs, virus-infected USB drives, badges with built-in microphones and security experts getting hacked--no wonder it's scary going to Black Hat and Defcon.

Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills