The RFID chips will be manufactured by Toshiba and will be readable from a distance of 1mm. RFID, the much-hyped technology that's turned up on dirty laundry, luggage and even Japanese schoolchildren, has now made its way to posh watches.
If you can't measure it, it's just noise. With the tracking technology making it theoretically possible to discover information about people's buying habits remotely - albeit currently at a short distance - some civil libertarians and consumer...
Other companies have developed nano tennis balls that don't lose air and golf shafts constructed with nanomaterials. Keith Blakely, chief executive of NanoDynamics, said: "It also behaves much more controllably on a putting surface, which is how we...
Work has started on the IT systems to run the new passport interview process which could eventually form the basis of the government's ID card plans. From late 2006 all first-time adult passport applicants, of which there are around 600,000 every...
Qualcomm has filed a suit against Nokia accusing the leading handset-maker of patent infringement. According to Qualcomm, Nokia has infringed 11 patents that it owns, either directly or through its subsidiary SnapTrack.
That's partly because commerce is one of the fundamental building blocks of Second Life. Circuit City Naylor said, as a practical approach, European businesses should assume that unfair contract terms, consumer protection, ecommerce and distance...