rfid readers

11.21.09

Video: Tiny AMOLED Screens In Passports Make Your Head Spin

A flexible, RFID-powered AMOLED screen embedded in an identification document gives a 360-degree rotating view of a person's mughsot
By Dan Smith Posted 06.19.2009 at 12:08 pm 8 Comments

Samsung has come up with the flashiest anti-counterfeiting tech we've seen yet: forget boring old RFID chips--the AMOLED e-passport concept looks has a 2-inch, paper-thin, QVGA-resolution flexible display embedded in the photo slot, which shows a rotating 360° view of your head when held up to an RFID reader.

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