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Chemical, Printable RFIDs

Posted by michael on from the uh-oh dept.

Syre writes "The RFID Journal says that CrossID, an Israeli startup, has developed an RFID system that can be printed using an inkjet printer. The 'nanometric' RFID system uses tiny particles of chemicals with varying degrees of magnetism that resonate when bombarded with electromagnetic waves from a reader. Since the system uses up to 70 different chemicals, each chemical is assigned its own position in a 70-digit binary number. 'Previously, there has been no way to protect paper documents,' says Moshe Glickstein, CrossID cofounder. 'We have created the first firewall for paper documents.' The big advantage is that the tag can be printed on just about anything. 'It's as easy to create as a printed bar code. And we can print in invisible mode for extra security. Printing the tags cost less than 1 cent each.' Their FAQ says that 'CrossID can be read from quite a long distance'. No word on whether it can be user-disabled..."

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  1. Tattoos by TheSpoom · · Score: 5, Funny

    *puts on tinfoil helmet covering forehead*

    Seriously, this could be loaded into a tattoo gun, could it not?

    I might not even know I had one if they knocked me out first:

    And we can print in invisible mode for extra security.

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  2. Disabled by panxerox · · Score: 5, Funny

    "No word on whether it can be user-disabled..." Im thinkin a paper punch would do wonders...

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  3. 70 different chemicals? by slash-tard · · Score: 5, Funny

    The printer is $99 after a 50 dollar rebate but they make it by up charging 75 bucks for each chemical refill.

  4. "we have created the first firewall for paper docs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "We have created the first firewall for paper documents!"

    Dude, it's called a safe.

  5. Re:This makes it easy to defeat RFID by DoorFrame · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm guessing that your standard printer doesn't have the 60 chemicals required to print out the tag. Hmmmm... let's see. Black, Red, Argon, Blue, Halfnium... I've only got five. Oh well.

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  6. Sign of the beast by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think geeks should unite and play up the "sign of the beast" angle, that way the fundamentalist christian crazies will resist it, and hence the republican party.... :)

  7. RF Jammin by Fermionic · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are plenty of cheap RF jamming products. And we could use Tin foil hat as an antenna! Don't laugh, I have done it!

  8. Future Jeopardy question by modder · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Back in 2010, Crayola introduced this RFID into it's standard box."