'On' and 'Off' switch design to avoid credit card RFID and NFC theft

20 Feb, 2012, 2:27 pm IST Naina Khedekar Science and Technology

Gone are the days of heavy wallets, just a couple of cards work fine for the new web-age. Using near-field ... More

Scientists find cheaper way to print RFID tags on paper

13 Feb, 2012, 5:00 pm IST Rossi Fernandes Science and Technology

RFID and NFC technology is taking off in a big way and there’s a wide variety of possibilities with them. RFID has been used everywhere from marking More

Hotels Get Sick of Missing Towels; Install RFIDs

21 Apr, 2011, 3:24 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai Lifestyle 2 Comments

If towel is taken off hotel premises, hotel staff are alerted. More

Norwegian Hotel Automates Check In

22 Jan, 2011, 11:35 am IST Padmini Harchandrai

Even has a system where your phone can become your room key. More

Scientist Gives Himself a Computer Virus

27 May, 2010, 12:10 pm IST tech2 News Staff

He is the first human to become infected with a computer virus. More

Hitachi Shows Off Powder-Sized Smart Tag

23 Feb, 2007, 11:00 am IST AP

Hitachi Ltd recently showed off radio frequency identification, or RFID, chips that are just 0.002 inches by 0.002 inches and look like bits of powder. More

Anti-terrorist Software Scans Crowds

31 Oct, 2006, 12:30 pm IST IANS

Railway authorities in Germany are conducting tests of revolutionary biometric facial recognition software that enables computers to pick out the faces of suspected terrorists in a crowd. More