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digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/How_to_Wire_Your_House_with_RFID'; Despite criticism concerning security and personal privacy issues that surround RFID, the technology has become popular and commonplace in the retail environment. But there's no reason why these new technologies should be confined to stores and inventory...

A startup in Philadelphia has launched an innovative application that blends RFID, umbrella sharing, and mobile advertising. The company, Dutch Umbrella, places RFID-tagged umbrellas at sponsor locations around the city which the umbrella-less, rain-drenched public can borrow for free.

This is a roundup of recent RFID-related news and views. Tracking Steel ThyssenKrupp Steel has managed to run a successful test on a thousand tagged steel slabs using EPC UHF RFID tags. The slabs were shipped from Brazil to Germany...

Yet More Anti-RFID Envelope MakersNational Envelope Corporation is the latest company to go after the potentially lucrative anti-RFID envelope and wallet market with their Smart Card Guard products. The envelopes can be used to protect contactless credit cards, ID cards,...

It is yet another achievement of RFID. The Australian Defense Force (ADF) has embraced RFID technology to track the supplies it delivers to the Middle East countries and also in its own country.According to media reports, the ADF has shipped its...