-----Original Message----- From: Daryn - Spam Arrest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 16:11:56 To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IP] RFID tags in new US notes explode when you try to microwave them Risks Digest 23.24
Dave, I'm not sure I buy it.. take a closer look at their picture, for one things, they aren't even all the NEW $20 bills.. Furthermore, it doesn't look like anything "exploded", more like the paper just burned. go microwave a dollar (or even a piece of paper) for awhile and watch it. it'll start burning . . . in the MIDDLE. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Farber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 3:54 PM Subject: [IP] RFID tags in new US notes explode when you try to microwave them Risks Digest 23.24 > > Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 09:54:25 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Borek) > Subject: RFID tags in new US notes explode when you try to microwave them > > "Prison Planet" (http://www.prisonplanet.com/022904rfidtagsexplode.html) is > carrying a story of an experiment on microwaving the new US $20.00 bills > which contain RFIDs. (The site includes pictures of the results.) > > Apparently, the new bills were setting off every RFID monitor they passed > through! Wrapping the bills in aluminium foil stopped this behaviour, but > they decided to try microwaving the bills. This led to the RFIDs exploding > and burning the face of Andrew Jackson's picture. > > This could become quite common a problem as word passes that microwaving can > destroy RFIDs without the proviso that this may (will) damage the goods. > > (A discussion is also being carried on Slashdot: > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/02/0535225&mode=nested) > > ------------------------------------- > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To manage your subscription, go to > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip > > Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
