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violet mir:ror connects all your stuff via rfid

filed under: gadgets | interactive | technology

This new device uses RFID technology to connect your physical possessions with the digital world. Cool.

Violet (the makers of those quirky Nabaztag USB rabbits) is about to unleash Mir:ror, a small puck-shaped USB gadget which acts like an interface between your everyday belongings and your computer…

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October 26th, 2008 8 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

“take a seat” is a robotic chair that follows you around

filed under: design | robotics | strange and wonderful

Take A Seat

The “take a seat” chair is a robotic chair that follows you around! The user has a library card embedded with an RFID chip, which the chairs use to find and follow their target. Also, it’s one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen.

The video is fun to watch as you get to see the chair in action, following this guy around the library…

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June 12th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

be sure to eat your r.f.i.d.

filed under: future tech | strange and wonderful

Digestible RFID Tags

The tracking technology known as RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) is showing up everywhere from grocery stores, to shipping containers, to gas station, to toll roads. Now, your intestines can join in the radio wave fun!

Kodak has filed this patent application for RFID tagged capsules that could be swallowed to track activity in a patient’s digestive system…

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February 18th, 2007 4 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

mail delivered by actual snails

filed under: strange and wonderful

Real Snail Mail

Real Snail Mail is an art and technology project being conducted by the technological artists collective of Boredom Research.

The project has real snails delivering electronic messages via tiny RFID tags attached to their shells. The messages are delivered literally “at a snails pace.” to their destinations…

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October 11th, 2006 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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