Neurosphere

RFID as common as Barcodes - we'll be swimming in RF waves

"To replace barcodes, RFID tags will need to cost a penny or less. But Cho says this should be achievable if all the layers on a tag can be deposited with a roll-to-roll process"

The World Blogging Itself

http://play.blogger.com/

Smart Dust

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/business/31unboxed.html?ref=technology

I especially like the part about sensors harvesting power from "the ambient radio power from television , FM radio and WiFi networks. Props to Tesla..."

When We're All in the Same Biometric Database...

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3816629,00.html

"The Knesset on Monday adopted a bill establishing a biometric database in Israel, which will eventually lead to the replacement of regular identification with electronic IDs. Forty Mks supported the bill, 11 opposed it, and three abstained."

Implanting Memories

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8310365.stm

"Researchers have devised a way to write memories onto the brains of flies, revealing which brain cells are involved in making bad memories...They modified the neurons by adding a sort of trigger, or receptor, to each one. This receptor was activated by a chemical called ATP."