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Ohm Sweet Ohm: Linux Versus Vista Smart Homes

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“Can you take the smart home concept a little too far? Jonathan
Oxer, a Melbourne-based web application developer and former
president of Linux Australia, has had an RFID chip surgically
implanted in his forearm to save him from having to carry a door
key around.

“When he swipes his arm past the RFID reader attached to the
front door of his home, the tag in his upper forearm unlocks the
door…”


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