October 19, 2006
Unusual RFID Use: Escargot Express
Seems that Boredom Research is so bored that they've decided to do some tests using their own version of snail mail. What they've done is send short messages by email, then downloaded each onto an RFID chip attached to an actual real live snail. When the snail passes by a reader, the message is is captured. Because of the speed (or lack of), there's no problems with read rate accuracy.
Mighty bloody hilarious. Next thing you know, someone will use RF-tagged tortoises for courier delivery. It should be noted that Boredom Research is a "performance art" group. Hmm. Maybe Australia Post's RFID project could gain something from this. Of course, the giant cybernetic honeybees (first chapter) in Kathleen Ann Goonan's science fiction novel Queen City Jazz might be more reliable messengers. Speaking of bees, here's more unusual uses of RFID.]
[Technovelgy via The RFID Weblog]
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