Sep 30, 2008 5:52 AM

Arphid Watch: RFID peripherals are all the rage

http://www.nearfield.org/2008/09/rfid-peripherals

RFID peripherals
"Plug and play RFID-reading USB peripherals are all the rage, as indicated by a stream of recent product announcements. These readers plug into a PC and make various things happen when they are touched with an RFID tag.
RFID readers are small and cheap, encapsulating them in packaging and offering a standard USB interface makes for a versatile product. What we need to see now is some applications and platforms that make these products useful and desirable...."

(((I've got mine, Jack.)))

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