Does Your Office Serve You Free Beer? This One Does Using RFID.
Your office’s lounge area probably consists of a vending machine, a soda machine, a microwave and if you’re lucky, maybe some couches and a TV. The lucky employees at the Boston headquarters of Arnold Worldwide have it much better than all of us do. Way better. They have a vending machine outfitted with an RFID … Read more
Activision Puts The RFID In Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Disclaimer: this post will make any die-hard Call of Duty fan very envious, not mention angry for not knowing about or attending this event. Anyone who has ever owned this game, or has a boyfriend that owns this game knows that it consumes your (or their) lives. I have never been a COD fan, I … Read more
The Saga Continues For NFC and Google – The Foursquare Edition
Tomorrow is going to be a big day for Google – they are having their annual I/O Conference. This is where thousands of developers and engineers get together in San Francisco to discuss all the new and crazy technology that they would like to bring to the table in the near future. The conference center … Read more
Facebook and Google Fighting To Buy Skype
This may not be completely RFID related, but it is still major enough for me to mention. Skype, Facebook, and Google are all big companies and everyone loves their products, but what would happen if they all joined together to become one huge e-mail, VOIP (voice over IP), social networking site? Would we have Skaceboogle? … Read more
Meet Karotz, Your RFID Enabled New Best Friend
Everyone needs a robot, right? Their own personal robot that can do almost anything for them AND it happens to be an adorable white bunny. The first thing I want to say is that this toy is made for people who are seriously technology-obsessed. I personally don’t think that there is anything wrong with that, … Read more
Google Decides That NFC Is Cooler Than QR
QR Codes are literally everywhere. They can be found on business cards, advertisements, magazines, and even on product packaging. I find QR code technology to be pretty awesome because you can generate them for free online and you can slap them anywhere to promote anything. I know that may sound like a pretty broad statement, … Read more
Check In And Get Liked At RFID Journal Live
This year’s biggest RFID networking event, RFID Journal Live!, is coming up this week, and aside from all the promotional swag that you’ll get to pick up when you’re there, you’ll also get to see what happens when RFID technology and Facebook team up. Attendees who have Facebook pages will be able to update their … Read more
The Slowest Mail Delivery System Ever.
This concept is hilarious and adorable at the same time- not to mention brilliant. We all get frustrated with the post office; they are slow, sometimes your mail never gets delivered and worst of all it costs money. When e-mail was invented it solved all of the problems that you had dealing with snail mail. … Read more
We All Scream For RFID Ice Cream
I am pretty sure I just found the best use for RFID technology yet. When it comes to receiving alerts, I get them from my phone, my e-mail, my calendar, wherever. The problem is, these alerts never work out well; my phone will alert me that my battery has 20% power left, but then it … Read more
YouTube’s Take on RFID – The Top Ten RFID Videos
10. This is a commercial for a sleeve that protects your RFID-embedded credit or debit card. It’s kind of stupid, but it is funny. The best part is the comment on the bottom that says “The day my debit or credit starts talking to me like that will be the day I burn it.” 9. … Read more
