University of Rochester researchers have found a new use for the radio frequency identification tags that manufacturers are aiming to use to track products like cartons of milk and sweaters.
These radio ID tags contain small radio transponders that broadcast unique identification numbers. Radio receivers can monitor the tags to track inventories in real time. The […]
Even before the electronic ink has dried on the e-page, a new generation of electronic paper may soon be able to bring a moving image to a foldable screen near you, according to scientists in the Netherlands.
Hot on the heels of the invention of a wafer-thin foldable screen that can display static type and may […]
How’s this for a get-rich scheme? Find a way to make $1,000 from anyone who sends you an unsolicited e-mail. Like most such schemes, it sounds too good to be true, but this one has the state of California’s imprimatur. Last night, Gov. Gray Davis signed into law a bill that outlaws sending most commercial […]
The European Commission project Foodtrace, with the support of the European association for sure & secure identification, IDtrack, is bringing together in Barcelona, Spain, on October 30/31, representatives of key players in the European food industry. The objective of the summit is to reach agreement on the recommendations which FoodTrace will present to the European […]
Party drugs like Ecstasy and amphetamines have overtaken heroin and cocaine as the fastest-growing global narcotics menace, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
In a report unveiled in Italy, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime estimated more than 40 million people around the world had taken synthetic drugs in the last year, more than the […]
Nature reports a contest that was launched in Britain today, to produce the oldest laboratory mouse. Current record in 5 years — 150 in human years. From the page : “Researchers can use any technique to boost longevity, including genetic manipulation and stem-cell therapy”. Winners will receive cash for every day beyond the current record. […]