Is it me or the world is going crazier with each passing second. I just stumbled upon a news article on the prisonplanet.com (don't even think about asking what I was doing there in the middle of the night!). The article was about $20 bills 'popping' or 'exploding' in certain microwaves after the bills were RFID tagged.
RFID was a hush-hush project of the European Central Bank back in the good old days to embed radio frequency identification tags into the very fibres of euro bank notes. This measure was meant to be an added security on top of the existing security features as holograms, foil stripes, special threads, microprinting, special inks and watermarks.
The basic technology building blocks for RFID on bank notes are similar to those required for today's smart labels or contactless cards. They require a contactless data link that can automatically collect information about a product, place, time or transaction.
It all sounds so 'wow' and all that - but what I still don't get it is why in the Lord's name would you want to put your hard earned money into the microwave for!!!
Anyways, here some pics of 'exploding' monies which I'm sure you'd been waiting for:
RFID was a hush-hush project of the European Central Bank back in the good old days to embed radio frequency identification tags into the very fibres of euro bank notes. This measure was meant to be an added security on top of the existing security features as holograms, foil stripes, special threads, microprinting, special inks and watermarks.
The basic technology building blocks for RFID on bank notes are similar to those required for today's smart labels or contactless cards. They require a contactless data link that can automatically collect information about a product, place, time or transaction.
It all sounds so 'wow' and all that - but what I still don't get it is why in the Lord's name would you want to put your hard earned money into the microwave for!!!
Anyways, here some pics of 'exploding' monies which I'm sure you'd been waiting for:
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