33 Ways RFID Has Invaded Your Life

Sound like science fiction to you? Maybe not; RFID has already settled comfortably in our midst, and is creeping onward every day...

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RFID Flipbook test

Out at the RFID Research Center today was able to do some great, albeit simple, testing. Dave, Justin, Colby and the others were extremely helpful in allowing me to use the readers, antennas, tags and even the computer and projection system. The books are from a class project in my Elements of Animation course. The students were required to buy and old paperback novel and create a simple flipbook animation inside of it. Ideally, I would have liked to have had the tagged book today trigger the .mov video file of the book being flipped, but we were using the Alien Technology's default demo software for the testing. All in all, a good initial test. Here is some video footage of the test.

Passports

Passports and Privacy: Here Come the RFID Chips
The two main concerns with putting RFID chips in passports seem to be that people with readers will be able to "steal your identity" and "discover your citizenship." The latter is funny to me. Americans insisting on wearing their white tennis shoes at all hours of the day is enough of a declaration of citizenship as anything.

Brainstorm session

Had a great brainstorm session with Justin Patton and Dave Cromhout out at the RFID Research Center. I'm preparing to purchase some RFID equipment and they've agreed to allow some testing out there. Things are moving forward once again.