Dance to the Beat of my…RFID?
I think it’s obvious to any consumer that when you go shopping you are more likely to stay in a store that is playing music that you like. Clearly, everyone has different taste in music; my mother would steer clear from Abercrombie because of the loud blaring club music, but would be inclined to enter … Read more
Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s Roll Out the Big (RFID) Guns
My favorite store has come quite a long way over the years. The original Bloomingdale’s store was a few attached townhouses on East 60th street which still bear the legend “Bloomingdale Brothers.” (Actually, the very first original store was on East 56th street, but I digress.) Today, it is a complex of attached buildings that … Read more
Do You Think Your Love Is Cheating? RFID Let’s You Wonder No More.
I have heard stories of my friends being so paranoid that their boyfriends and girlfriends are cheating. They worry all the time and resort to insane measures to find out whether they are or not. My sister’s friend put GPS tracking on his wife’s car, a girlfriend of mine installed key-stroke tracking software on her … Read more
Would You Let RFID Set You Up?
Have you ever signed up for dating sites like eHarmony or OK Cupid just to find out that you’ve been matched up with your sibling or first cousin, or perhaps the neighborhood pedophile? Luckily, I’ve never had to resort to these sites, but my friends have and after returning from their blind dates, they always … Read more
Things Your Cat Really Needs: RFID Cat Flap and RFID Feeder
Apparently, people who own cats are really obsessed with their cats. There are inventions out there for cats that seem really outlandish to me, but maybe it’s because I don’t have a cat. The are false teeth for cats, kitty litter contraptions hidden inside furniture, ottomans for cats that are made out of sandpaper so … Read more
The iPad and RFID Are Joining the Mile High Club
Everyone is in such a hurry to get the latest and greatest in Apple products- the iPad 2. So what can you do with your archaic, decrepit iPad that you’re embarrassed to bring around with you because people will think you’re lame? Well for one, you could use it as a really expensive coaster. Or, … Read more
Beefy RFID? Your Jerky is Getting Tagged, Too.
I’m sure you didn’t realize when you were picking up your bucket of cheese balls, Four Loko, and Beef Jerky one of these items would be tagged with RFID technology. Jack Link’s Beef Jerky became one of the first companies to start using RFID to meet supply mandates that were required by Wal-Mart, Target, … Read more
Finding Crap on Canal Street is Hard Enough, RFID is Now Making it Even Harder.
The downfall of lower Manhattan’s Canal Street was a very depressing time of my life. You used to be able to stroll along Canal Street, from the west side to the east, and be able to find all sorts of different designer bags, sunglasses, wallets, jewelry, sneakers, whatever you wanted. Then all of a sudden … Read more
Now Introducing: The Most High Tech Soda Vending Machine EVER.
I’m pretty sure that when everyone dreams of that perfect product that has yet to come out that will completely change and improve their lives, they were thinking of this- a soda machine that could produce ONE HUNDRED AND SIX different flavors of soda, juices, and teas. Think about it, you could potentially only have … Read more
