RFID

Somnus-Neu: Grier Govorko's Multimedia Bed

The Somnus-Neu makes you want to do everything but sleep.READ»

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If the Delivery Guy Drops Your Package, Senseaware Updates You Online

FedEx unveils Senseaware, a drop-in sensor for packages that monitors everything from nasty falls to boxes being opened.READ»

Duo Visualizes Radio Waves, Helping Designers Apply RFID Technology to Products

An experimental LED array reveals the electromagnetic fields surrounding an RFID chip.READ»

Intelligent RFID Sensors Keep Rotten Produce Out of Grocery Stores

How many times have you walked into the produce section of the supermarket, only to find that the fruits and vegetables sitting there are all over-ripe? It's a common problem, and one that produces billions of dollars worth of food ...READ»

Smart Cane Makes it Easy for the Blind to Get Around

Canes and guide dogs are useful for the blind, to be sure, but they're far from perfect. Enter the next generation of guidance for the blind: the Smart Cane, a cane-like device that senses obstacles and provides navigational tools ...READ»

Forget Solar Power: Nokia Is Developing a Radio Wave-Powered Cell Phone

Solar-powered cell phone prototypes and rumors abound, but Nokia has a battery-less alternative power source for our cell phones lined up: radio waves. The company told MIT's Technology Review that it is working on technology ...READ»

RFID Gets Friendly With Violet's Mirror USB Gizmo

RFID technology gets mixed press thanks to its useful/creepy remote-distance object identification, but a new device--Mirror--may change all that. It's a cute, potentially useful gadget, and actually hard to describe--possibly since ...READ»

Four Cellphone Experiments That We Wish Existed Here, and One That We Don't

The cellphone is already a constant companion for most of us. But a few developments around the world are utilizing cellphones in new ways that, if popularized, will make it hard to get by in life with a cellphone in your pocket ...READ»

Nokia Wants to Track Your Location Everywhere

Nokia's research department has been busy beavering away to expand Nokia's tech domain from cellphones to the "next big thing" in lifestyle technology: Location-based services. The company is developing devices that'll track your ...READ»

New Conducting Ink Heralds Printable Semiconductor Revolution

Flexible circuitry is a big upcoming trend in electronics, but there remain a few challenges to overcome before it can really take off. Now Polyera, a US company that makes specialist chemicals for flexible electronic devices, may ...READ»

RFID, Data Centers, WiMx will save the economy - with good engineers

Many of you, like me, went to great schools with very talented people. We have a tremendous amount to be thankful for; our health, our freedom, our families and the God-given talents with which we were born. We’re morally obligated ...READ»

The Motorola Sparrow: Retail's Handheld Powerhouse

Think of the Motorola Sparrow as an iPhone for retailers. Equipped with a touch-sensitive back panel that keeps the screen free for viewing, the wireless prototype device integrates myriad existing technologies and features into a ...READ»

High-Tech Ways to Go Green at Home

Advanced sensors and incentives can trim electricity, water, and gas use at home and boost recycling. READ»

• Attack of the Green-Tech Geeks
• New Ways to Measure Energy Use