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Disney Research Create Powerless Interactive Controllers Thanks to RFID
To the uninitiated, the modern gaming controller is a complex and alien device containing multiple buttons on all corners of the device, all with functions that vary depending on the game. This is in direct contrast with Disney Research’s new way of creating low-cost and totally powerless controllers using nothing…
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Delta Want RFID Tags on Your Luggage – Does This Mean They Won’t Lose It?
We’ve all had that fear, you decide to go on holiday and realise half way to your destination you realise that yours could be one of the hundreds of bags that are misplaced each year. It could be something as simple as it fell off a cart or may have…
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A New Age of Humane Treatment: How Technology Can Change Prisons
Corporations all over New Zealand are increasingly becoming more high-tech as a way to increase productivity while cutting costs. That’s where companies like BlueJeans enter the picture, with their video conferencing equipment, making it possible to hold meetings across a variety of platforms. But today’s high-tech world also makes it…
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RFID Road Stickers To Help Malaysian Authorities Track Cars
4 years ago it was suggested that people could use RFID windshield tags to help pay for everything from parking to checking if you have permission to actually go into a car park. Seems like Malaysia is looking at using a similar technology now to help track and monitor vehicles.…
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Norton Develops Wireless-Blocking Jeans
Anti-virus service provider Norton has helped develop a pair of jeans capable of blocking wireless signals, designed to protect credit cards and passports from being remotely hacked via radio frequency identification (RFID) signals. The jeans were designed in conjunction with fashion retailer Betabrand and uses silver-lined pockets to form a…
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eBay Looking to Place Interactive Mirrors in Changing Rooms
eBay is looking to move themselves into the brick-and-mortar retail world, expressing interest in implementing mirrors into dressing rooms that will offer the customer suggested accessories and product browsing – all available through a touch screen. These screens are being installed as a trial at the Rebecca Minkoff store, seeing…
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Smart Guns To Require Confirmed Finger Print To Pull Trigger
A US company has come up with a solution that would essentially make it impossible for a person to fire a gun, so long as they’re not the owner of that weapon and yes that does sound similar to Judge Dread to me to. Safe Gun Technology are claiming that…
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RFID iPourIt Self Service Beer System, To Pour or Not to Pour
The next time you go to a venue you may be offered self service beer. iPourIt, has offered a solution to patrons who like to drink beer, and businesses who like to serve beer. Businesses like bars, restaurants, casinos, cruise lines, stadiums, etc. Each person who uses the service…
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