last on : More on Exploding RFID

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Cyrus J. Farivar" <cfarivar () OCF Berkeley EDU>
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 16:12:34 
To:dave () farber net
Subject: More on Exploding RFID

http://boingboing.net/2004_03_01_archive.html#107824694185791461

These guys microwaved a bunch of $20 bills and because the bills became 
scorched, they have concluded that they contain RFID tags. Wouldn't 
there be an easier way to determine whether or not currency has RFIDs 
in it? Link (Thanks, Sean!)

JC sez: The same thing happens if you take a stack of copy paper and 
microwave it. A central point in the stack heats and eventually ignites 
and burns up and down the stack from that point.

Alex Q sez:Also of interest (besides JC's comment) is that they say 
they are messing with the NEW twenties, but in fact those are the old 
ones. you can tell because the portrait of Jackson has the circle 
around it, which is absent in the new twenties.

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