Zapped! Workshop

2005

a workshop series facilitated by

Preemptive Media (Beatriz da Costa, Jamie Schulte, Brooke Singer)

Zapped Workshop: You may have heard the term RFID and possibly even brought one home unknowingly. But what exactly is a Radio Frequency Identification tag? Why are Wal-Mart, the Department of Defense and the Food & Drug Administration sinking big bucks into these little chips and paving the way for mass implementation? After a brief overview of the technology and its related issues, each participant will receive a Zapped! RFID workbook. Participate in one of several hands-on exercises. You can to build your own RFID keychain detector that will ring, vibrate or light up when a RFID reader is within range and scanning the airwaves for data. Or program a RFID tag to "talk back" to a RFID reader that you may uncover with your Zapped! keychain.
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Zapped! Workshops took place at:
Mass Art, Boston, MA ; March 16, 2006 -- Break 2.3, Ljubljana, Slovenia; November 12, 2005 -- Eyebeam, New York City; July 14 + 15, 2005 -- Spring Independent School District, Houston; April 1, 2005 -- Diverseworks (for local high school groups), Houston; March 30, 2005 -- New Langton Arts, San Francisco; January 22, 2005 -- Spectropolis, New York City; October 2, 2004