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Nokia Luna Bluetooth Headset (video)

Nokia Luna Bluetooth Headset (video)

Nokia is hardly on the cutting edge of handsets.  Heck, the company has fallen into obscurity and almost shambles, largely because they refused to adopt Android.  An over simplification?  Absolutely.  However, the company is still driving [...]

Cambridge Computer Laboratory Declares The ADE 651 A Fraud

Cambridge Computer Laboratory Declares The ADE 651 A Fraud

You guys remember a few months ago when we were talking about the ADE 651, supposed to be the world’s greatest bomb detector because it could literally sniff out explosives from up to half a mile [...]

iCarte 110 Accessory Add Contactless Payment To The iPhone

iCarte 110 Accessory Add Contactless Payment To The iPhone

It’ll be a long time, if not never, that Americans start using NFC (near field communication) to pay for their goods via a cell phone.  But just in case you want to be on the cutting [...]

Plexidor Pet Door–Maybe Just A Little Too Far

Plexidor Pet Door–Maybe Just A Little Too Far

Maybe, just maybe, we spoil our pets a bit too much. Oh, sure, we don’t think twice about the occasional chew bone or some such, but some dogs today eat better than some people do.  Plus [...]

Freecom’s Hard Drive Secure Requires An RFID Card To Read And Write

Freecom’s Hard Drive Secure Requires An RFID Card To Read And Write

RFID is slowing starting to trickle out into consumer products, but what little we’ve seen seems to have had very little application in our everyday lives. Freecom’s Hard Drive Secure, though, uses the tech in a [...]

Flipside Wallet: An RFID Shielded Credit Card Holder

Flipside Wallet: An RFID Shielded Credit Card Holder

The days of RFID driver licenses may still be a long way off, but just in case you happen to live in state or a city that demands the latest in identification then you might wanna [...]

Mir:ror RFID Reader Now Available (video)

Mir:ror RFID Reader Now Available (video)

The term, or acronym RFID has been just that for most people, that is until now.  For just $50 you can now snag the the Mir:ror, a consumer friendly RFID reader.  Included in the package are [...]

RFID Football Helmet Remotely Monitors A Player’s Temperature

RFID Football Helmet Remotely Monitors A Player’s Temperature

I had no idea, but player overheating, better known as heatstroke, is a serious issue on the football field.  Monitoring a player’s temperature can be challenging and perhaps even down right demoralizing.  HOT (heat obvservation technology) [...]

New York Driver Licenses Go RFID

New York Driver Licenses Go RFID

RFID still isn’t a sound technology, at least from security standpoint, so I’m surprised to see New York state adopting the technology.  Fortunately, the NY RFID licenses only contain an encrypted identification number, or so they [...]