• more about #rfid
    Adam Simon: Wow, way to spread the FUD. The passive RFID tags used in clothing provide just a serial number of the item, not anything personally revealing. Plus ... more »
    Klebert L. Hall: "By 2014, All Of Your Clothes Will Be Tagged With RFID Microchips" Maybe yours will, but mine won't. I don't even have a cellphone. -Kle. more »
    bookwench: Aaaaand I'll be microwaving my clothing after purchase now, thanks. :/ more »
    Adah: I'm assuming the US Army already has my uniforms tagged in every way imagineable. And that my Anthrax and Smallpox vaccines were probably some form o... more »
    Post-Nuked: Of course American Apparel uses them. So now you can wear over priced faux retro clothing modeled by heroin addicted 16 year olds and be followed be S... more »
    ThisDudeRufus: ...Why? So it'll update out Twitter account automatically whenever we enter a trendy nightclub? I swear, didn't people used to think the government w... more »
    schrodingers-katana: Who's got two thumbs and will be buying all of his clothes vintage in the future? This guy. As I said the night I walked into a Wal-Mart at 3AM comin... more »
    Makidian: I haven't worked in retail for quite some time, but those used to be stickers that peel off right!? Why are they attaching them to clothes if they hav... more »
    qwijybo: Not an issue isn't the world supposed to end before that. more »
  • #art

    Japanese Art Exhibit Makes You Do Math

    Staring at paintings can be so boring. As we become smarter and more computer-like, less of us are able to enjoy the purity of fine art. That's why modern museums are using more floor space and less wall space to accommodate exhibits like this one, created by a mathematician and a new media specialist, which makes you do math problems using an RFID card and your own internal logic circuits. Mori Art Museum via Tokyomango