RFID stickers could signal contaminated food

If a food item isn’t safe to eat, it’s best to find that out before someone eats it. But manual testing of every jar and bottle isn’t possible, even when a threat, like the recent baby food scare, is known. MIT researchers have found a way to check many items instantly, non-invasively, and from a distance — using the RFID tags many products already have.

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Amazon has a lightning deal on this stylish, RFID-blocking wallet

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A minimalist lifestyle is all about paring down to just the essentials and making sure they’re super high quality.

This stylish wallet that’s on sale fits right into that aesthetic. It features RFID-blocking technology to protect your cards from unauthorized chip usage or scans and can fit up to eight cards. It also has a money clip for US bills and maintains a slim profile.

It’s normally listed at $30, but you can get it now for only $23.39 — a 22% savings.

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RagTagd reinvents the lost and found

Each day, kids go to school and lose things. But RagTagd, a Sydney-based company, is looking to fix that. RagTagd is a service that provides ultra-simple RFID tags in kids’ school uniforms and sensor-equipped bins to schools so that lost property can be tracked. When a kid’s lost jumper ends up in a bin at their school, the second it hits the bin a text is sent to the… Read More

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