All about RFID (Radio Frequency ID) tags and what the future holds for their use.

RFID tags, or Radio Frequency Identification tags, are really quite neat. These small tags use radio waves to communicate with a “reader”, a machine that reads the tag from a distance. What makes them cool is their size and cost.

A spider’s web is one of the strongest and stickiest substances known to man (relatively speaking, it is stronger even than steel). A single spider can spin an intricate web in less than an hour after which, she (yes, we refer to spiders as “she” – ask the boys – they’ll explain why) waits around…

Our Sun is an ordinary star although it is quite large compared to other stars. In terms of “mass”, most stars have less than half the mass of our Sun. You could fit 109 Earths across the Sun. The Romans called the Sun “sol” (as in SOlar).