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silicon.com Classics: The 10 craziest uses of RFID
There's a chip where?

By silicon.com

Published: Wednesday 02 July 2008

The latest in our weekly look back through some of the classic stories in the silicon.com archive from the last decade is a look at the 10 best, worst and just plain crazy uses of radio frequency ID (RFID) tags.

These include everything from chipping schoolchildren to RFID-tagged tanks, as well as more traditional uses, such as retailers tracking goods through the supply chain.

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• Digital Blunders
• Top 10 uses of an iPod you'd never expect
• iPod and BlackBerry lost property mountain
• 'Nigerian' money scam - What happens when you reply?
• Peeping Tom filter lets phones see through bikinis
• 10 things not to do with your data
• 30 tips for better business travel
• A guide to London's wi-fi pubs