In Julian Huxley's 1927 short story "The Tissue-Culture King," a scientist becomes lost in the jungle and is captured by a tribe. He soon discovers that the tribal leader has developed a way to ...

Interaction designer Dustin Kirk keeps his id info from getting swiped by RFID-reading devices with a duct tape wallet he designed: It seemed to be pretty well known online that aluminum foil ...

Many credit cards include RFID chips. The chips use radio-frequency identification to transmit payment information over short distances. Credit card companies use RFID to enable "contactless-payments" ...

A new kind of thievery or, at least, potential for fraud is on the rise: Criminals who can steal your credit card data by walking by you with electronic scanners, maybe even with their mobile phones.

Do you need an RFID wallet or passport case? A lot of people aren’t convinced just yet. RFID-blocking prevents scammers from stealing your credit card/personal information by using wireless scanners ...