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Plånbok som skärmar av RFID
RFID blocking wallet and passport cover.
The RFID (radio frequency identification) technology has a lot of people worried. In short it's a small embedded chip with a radio transmitter (or maybe a responder) and an antenna, that makes it possible to follow the exact movements of the chip trough RFID readers. Most RFID chips can only be read from a very short distance (maybe an inch or less), but souped up readers is supposed to be able to read RFID information from sever feet or yards. There are already RFID enabled bus passes in use in a couple of places in Sweden and the Stockholm Transit Company have plans to introduce their own RFID bus pass before long. Businesses want to put RFID chips on their products to follow logistics. The United States are reportedly in the process of introducing RFID enabled passports.

One of the dangers with RFID (apart from the fact that the bus company has no business knowing when and where we get on or off the bus), is that other people with the right sort of equipment without much difficulty or cost can read the information on your RFID tags. You will not know it, before your hotel room has been burglarized, you bank account emptied, and you get arrested for doing something you have not done. All committed by identity thieves, who unlocks your hotel room, withdraws your money from an ATM, and uses your identity to cover their own when committing crime.

However, there seems to be something we can do. This passport cover, for example, shields the radio signals that are used to activate your RFID chips (the principle seems to be similar to the Faraday cage). It is available from DIFRWear and it is USD 18:- plus shipping USD 3:-, but that seems to be a small price to pay to avoid walking around electronically naked. Via Sci Fi Tech.

11 October 2006



Clever glass bottom springform
Clever glass bottom springform.
Frequent tipster Magnus I. B. mailed us on this both smart and good looking springform way back in july, but it has been resting in the bottom of our mail bag since. Not counting the glass bottom, this springform is pretty ordinary, with a non-stick coating on the insidfe of the rim. But the glass bottom is the really clever part of this innovation. With the glass bottom you can serve cake without having to put it on another plate or tray. And since the bottom is glass, you can cut the cake without fear of damaging the non-stick coat. Genious, we'd say. Magnus found the form on Canadian web shop Ashton Green where it is CAD 25:- (about USD 22:-). Thanks, Magnus, for the tip!

10 October 2006



Bärbältet, a helping hand when picking berries or chantrelles

A helping hand when picking berries or chantrelles.
The tip on this invention comes from the inventor herself. But, as we have stated many times before, we're not afraid of self promotion here. If you have an invention, and want to tell us about it, we'll be more than happy. That doesn't mean we promise to write a post on it, but we do promise to look every contribution over seriously. Okay, the mail came from Joanna H., the inventor behind the Bärbältet, (the name is a play on words; the Swedish word bär [pronounced a bit like bear] can mean both "berries" and "carry") a carrying device for picking berries, looking for mushrooms or working in the garden. The belt is available in several different configurations, but the basic idea is letting you have your hands free for whatever you have to do. From SEK 295:- (about USD 40:-).

8 October 2006





Opel's smart integrated bike holder.
The Opel auto manufacturing company has done little to justify its existence since Adam Opel designed his rocket cars in the thirties. Most of the cars Opel (Vauxhall in the UK) has offered since WWII has been pretty dull rust-buckets and down-scaled versions of GM best sellers. Some (rare) examples have been fun and lovable rust-buckets, like the Kadett Rallye and the Opel GT, cars we can't but love even though they fall apart before our very eyes. Now, however, Opel has managed something quite unique; a smart feature. The integrated, foldable bike rack. Available as an option for the Opel Antara and Opel Corsa models at about SEK 7.000:- (approx. GBP 500:-). We can only agree with Bilfeber and say: "Smart, Opel". For once they have lived up to their old "Fresh thinking..." slogan.

7 October 2006



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