Phoniebox is a software suite and tutorial for building a jukebox controlled through RFID cards ... connect an NFC reader to it, wire up a pair of speakers, and you’re set.

which then sends its data to the reader in a process called "backscatter." Average cost for these is about $0.12 per tag in bulk. Active RFID tags, at costs ranging from $20 to more than $100 each ...

Security researcher [Fran Brown] sent us this tip about his Tastic RFID Thief ... AA batteries and a custom PCB using an Arduino Nano to interpret the reader’s output. When the reader sees ...

Powercast's Powerharvester® PCC110 receiver chip embedded in the RFID sensor tags harvests RF and data sent over the air from any RFID reader within range, which can be up to 40 meters depending ...

Adding Powercast's wireless RF-energy-harvesting chips and sensors (temperature, humidity, light, etc.) to these RFID tags elevates their functionality beyond identification to enable real-time ...