What are wearables & RFIDs?
Wearables 101: What they are & why you’ll be seeing a lot of them (How-To Geek)Wearable technology (Wikipedia)The wear, why & how (The Economist)Gamification (Wikipedia)The Apple Watch, Series 2 (Apple)How the Apple Watch works (How Stuff Works, Tech)FitBitHow FitBit works (How Stuff Works, Tech)How does a pedometer work? (Explain That Stuff!)Pedometer take-apart (Evil Mad Scientist)What is a mercury switch? (wiseGEEK)Mercury switch (Wikipedia)How the (Nintendo) Wii works (How Stuff Works, Tech)What are accelerometers & how do they work? (Explain That Stuff!)Flight Radar 24: An app that uses the accelerometer in your phone (flightradar24)Apple Watch heart rate sensor: Everything you need to know (Tech Radar)A discussion about how the Apple Watch knows if you're standing or sitting...not sure if anyone really understands (Quora)How to use a trundle wheel (NSW Department of Education)Blindside Margaret River Classic White 2016 (Naked Wines)Google Glass (Google)Google Glass (Wikipedia)Snapchat Spectacles (Snapchat)We tried Snapchat Spectacles - here's what it's like (c|net)Smart ring (Wikipedia)Ingestibles, wearables & embeddables (Federal Communications Commission)How does your chip credit card work? It uses 'EMV', the technical standard for smart payment cards (Wikipedia) Radio-frequency identification, or RFID (Wikipedia)Radio frequency (RF & RFID) tags (Explain That Stuff!)RFID FAQ (RFID Journal)RFID tag tuning (Atmel)Apple's fight with Aussie banks over Apple Pay & iPhone NFC rages on (Gizmodo)Apple Pay explained: What is it & how does it work? (Pocket-lint)How Apple Pay & Google Wallet actually work (ars TECHNICA)How do antennas & transmitters work? (Explain That Stuff!)How anti-shoplifting devices work (How Stuff Works, Science)Samsung reveals 'Family Hub' fridge that orders food, plays films & lets you see inside it remotely (Daily Mail)The 'Amazon Go' shop in Seattle that doesn't have checkouts (Amazon)There's a smartphone-powered store in Sweden with no human cashiers (Gizmodo)Electromagnetic activation & deactivation of security tags (Wikipedia)How much does it cost to find a Higgs Boson? The cost of the Large Hadron Collider (Forbes)The cost of Melbourne's MYKI transport system (The Age)RFID handshake (All Things Sensory)UUIDs & GUIDs (Wikipedia)Online GUID Generator7 gadgets to keep track of the things that matter most to you (Tech Radar)The 'tile' tracker's battery lasts about 1 year & then they help you recycle & replace the entire device (tile)How wireless mesh networks work (How Stuff Works, Tech)Mesh networking (Wikipedia)These wearables are designed to help people with Alzheimer's (Forbes)NHS dementia patients to trial wearable technology (BBH)What is the future of fabric? These smart textiles will blow your mind (Forbes)Clothes with hidden sensors act as an always-on doctor (New Scientist)Where are you from? Send us a postcard! Strange Attractor, c/ PO Box 9, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, AustraliaCheck out our new Fireside home
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