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As John Park puts it: "I took the whole art of double-clicking on an icon and made it really complicated and brought it into the physical world." He made a conveyor belt that has an RFID reader underneath. When you place a wooden icon tile for a website (which has an RFID tag on it), it brings up that page on your web browser. Obviously, this is not the likely application for such tech, but it's a cool proof of concept. It and John's other project, the "God Shot" espresso puck tamper, featured in MAKE Volume 12, garnered John three Editor's Choice blue ribbons at Maker Faire.
Access the web via physical RFID icons
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
May 7, 2008 12:00 PM
Computers, Electronics, Maker Faire |
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