• @johntwinkletits
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    596 months ago

    Definitely not new. This is how RFID tags work. They harvest energy from the transmitter to power the circuitry in the tag to send back a response.

    • @[email protected]
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      96 months ago

      Not new indeed. Kinda reminds me of old Nextel phones that you would put a little LED on the antenna and it would blink from the EMI when sending and receiving data.

    • isaacd
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      66 months ago

      Tap-to-pay on credit card chips, too.