In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird. Credit...Illustration by Pablo Delcan and Danielle Del Plato ...

Some time ago, Michelin partnered with Beontag, an RFID manufacturer, to add embedded UHF tags to tires in both commercial and passenger vehicles. The main aim is stronger tire traceability, improving ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Remember that scene in the 2002 film "Signs" when Joaquin Phoenix wore an aluminum foil cap to defend against extraterrestrial mind control?

In sporting venues, airports and other high-volume retail sites, no one wants to wait in long queues. Customers, fans and patrons don’t want to miss the sporting action or be late getting to their ...

Facepalm: A Missouri magician and molecular biologist found himself confronting the limits of modern biohacking after accidentally locking himself out of the technology implanted inside his own body.

Rollercoaster Tycoon wasn’t the most fashionable computer game out there in 1999. But if you took a look beneath the pixels—the rickety rides, the crowds of hungry, thirsty, barfing people (and the ...

In Julian Huxley's 1927 short story "The Tissue-Culture King," a scientist becomes lost in the jungle and is captured by a tribe. He soon discovers that the tribal leader has developed a way to ...

Modern RFID tags and readers anchor real-time data systems that replace manual counts with instant, item-level visibility. Enterprises use them to cut labor hours, curb shrinkage and surface ...

Regular wallets hold your cash and cards in one place so nothing slips out. However, for a while now, there has been some buzz about RFID-blocking wallets everywhere. They look like any other wallet, ...

It can be a pain to wait at a toll booth. Luckily, RFID toll tags can help. RFID toll tags are small devices that drivers attach to their vehicle windshields, usually behind the rearview mirror. Each ...