Black Hat 2008: FasTrak toll system completely broken

Filed under: transportation hacks, cons, security hacks FasTrak is the electronic toll collection system used by the state of California ... purchased a transponder to explore these privacy concerns. The transponder is an RFID device with a receive and transmit antenna, a low powered Texas Instruments MSP430 microcontroller, a long life [more...]

Date: 2008-08-06 17:30:00

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RFID: Convenience or obedience?

Printed in The Boar 7/8/08 An emerging technology is expected to make a “pervasive impact on every aspect of civilization” in the same way the ... at the end of this sentence. The second is an antenna or “transponder”, typically a flat, metallic ... society. That technology is RFID. If you renewed your passport in the last few years, check the back [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 11:48:36

short introduction on RFID technology.

Here is a short introduction on RFID technology. You will discover the fundamental concepts and the various components of this fascinating ... is received from a reader Type of tags : RFID Tag also called a transponder is a device attached ... - not at the SKU) Can operate in harsh environment Access card : equipped with HF (High frequency) passive RF [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 11:14:24

RFID in Libraries Guide

A technology that was originally developed for the military during World War II, ... , automotives, fast food, travel industry, and so on, is RFID or Radio Frequency Identification. RFID ... machines in identifying objects. It consists of a transponder or a tag which has an embedded [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 16:59:29

RFID & Biometric ID cards

RFID & Biometric ID cards June 17, 2008 at 3:22 am · Filed under On Anti-Corporate Personhood, On Body & Health, On Education, On Politics, ... . The interrogator, an antenna packaged with a transceiver and decoder, emits a signal activating the RFID tag ... implemented and potentially poses a severe threat to our right to privacy. RFID is short [more...]

Date: 2008-06-17 07:29:34

RFID and Digital Signage Integration

RFID tag integration for digital signage targeting and information display If we were to throw privacy out the window and just talk about the “far-out” technological possibilities of RFID and digital signage, we may well see how both ... ll certainly see more integration with other devices like mobile phones. In fact, RFID chips [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 19:29:14

RFID for Cattle

I read with interest the recent article on the success with using ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID on cattle ... ) tags, the UHF tags performed better. For the record, my thesis was about how I designed antenna ... receive a particular RFID tag/identification number and would be logged into a national database [more...]

Date: 2008-08-06 14:00:05

What do you understand by RFID Readers?

Radio Frequency Identification also known as RFID has revolutionized our technology and made our life much simpler than earlier ... in the RFID transponder. Transponder is basically the thing which stores the information and sends ... the flexibility which is present in Radio Frequency Identification or RFID. Basically RFID belongs [more...]

Date: 2008-06-09 20:09:20

Make Cheap Electronic Labels For Your Stuff Using RFID Tags

Do you need to keep track of hundreds or thousands of different items? ... flat transponder attached to the item. You can apply an RFID tag to an object and use radio waves ... to create a database of everything you own but how do you track the physical items? RFID tags can help [more...]

Date: 2008-07-30 00:40:23

Wave of the future: Luggage tags that "talk"

... identification (RFID) tag, which is a microchip that's the size of a pin and as thin as a sticker. When this RFID tag passes within several feet of an antenna, it "wakes up" and acts [more...]

Date: 2008-08-22 13:16:31

Cool and interesting electronic components

Cool and interesting electronic components Even as a child I was fascinated by electronics and electronic components ... readers. They are devices that are used to interrogate a RFID tag. The reader has an antenna which emits ... for identification, the orientation and polarization of the reader antenna and also the transponder antenna [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 12:28:26

RFID on Printed Circuit Boards

PCBs are usually labelled with barcodes or 2D code labels in order to identify ... . 4. TAG: A TAG is a complete RFID transponder with chip and antenna, and usually sealed in a housing ... is defective, the PCB can also be discarded! However, it is beneficial that the RFID transponder [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 08:36:14

Digital Angel Sells VeriChip Stake

Digital Angel Sells VeriChip Stake Posted by Sam Churchill on November 13th, 2008 Digital Angel, a leader in animal RFID and emergency identification solutions, announced today ... (wikipedia) makes pet RFID products using its patented, FDA-approved implantable microchip [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 23:11:31

GAO Recommends Its UHF 902MHz to 928MHz Gen 2 RFID Reader 4 Port Read 4 Port Listen

Toronto, Canada—-GAO RFID Inc. (www.GAORFID.com) offers a Gen 2 RFID Reader (GAO 216001) with 8 antenna ports: 4 for reading and 4 for listening ... Signal Processing (DSP) technology, GAO’s Gen 2 RFID reader is a great performer especially in read ratio and sensitivity. This 902MHz to 928MHz Gen 2 RFID Reader is optimized for ODM platforms [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 18:16:22

Real Time Spectral Analysis in RFID Testing

RFID technology is already used for some applications like the smart cards used in access control systems, ... of an RFID system are the RFID tag or transponder, and the RFID reader or interrogator. The RFID tag ... the information system and the RFID tag and system. The RFID antenna connected to the reader [more...]

Date: 2008-06-28 23:16:50

BIGSQUID RFID Emerging to RFID Enterprise Solution

BIGSQUID RFID Emerging to RFID Enterprise Solution About RFID Radio oftenness finding or RFID, ... are titled an RFID transponder or an RFID tag. Visit http://www.bigsquid.org for more aggregation ... converts the broadcasting waves echolike backwards from the RFID attach into digital aggregation [more...]

Date: 2008-06-15 08:21:13

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