TI-RFID Turns Newspaper Theft into a Game of Tag

Neat? You used to get your newspaper delivered to your door and someone would help himself (women don't steal newspapers). Now, you get the newspaper with an RFID tag. The delivery guy touches it to a smart reader that's part of your door. Now, the reader is armed. It will keep sending bursts to the tag and expect responses in the form of RF modulated backscatter. So, if the newspaper were to vanish, it would set off an alarm. The smart part - the tag is in a random location in the newspaper and part of the newspaper - so, it'll be hard for Mr. Thief to cut it out and leave just the tag on your doorstep. Yeah!