Can Aluminum Foil Actually Block RFID Signals?

If you're traveling and worried about skimmers stealing your personal data, you might be wondering whether aluminum foil can ...
Hackaday

An E-Ink Macropad For Improved Productivity

Why press many button when few button do trick? That was the thinking of [Bike Cook Robots] when it came time to revamp his ...
CNX Software

Ariel OS – A Rust RTOS for IoT microcontrollers

Ariel OS is a new RTOS for microcontrollers written in Rust with support for popular hardware architectures (Arm Cortex-M, ...
Hackaday

Using 3D Printing And Copper Tape To Make PCBs

In a recent video [QWZ Labs] demonstrates an interesting technique to use 3D printing to make creating custom PCBs rather ...
CNX Software

FOSDEM 2026 schedule – Embedded, RISC-V, Robotics, Rust, Open Hardware, and more

FOSDEM 2026 will take place on January 31-February 1, with thousands of developers meeting in Brussels to discuss open-source ...
FMIBlog

Radio Frequency Identification Market Leadership Explained: How Industry Leaders Dominate and How New Manufacturers Can Compete

Leadership in RFID is reinforced through standards participation. Companies like NXP, Impinj, and Alien Technology helped shape EPCglobal Gen2 and ISO 18000-63. That early influence allowed them to ...