Linen Technology Tracking, a Miami-based company, recently patented a radio-frequency identification chip designed to keep real-time inventory of frequently misplaced or stolen goods.

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The most interesting experiment is being done by Qantas at Sydney and Perth airports with high-tech frequent-flier cards that are embedded with an RFID (radio-frequency identification) chip.

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At the core of the chip is what Intel calls a Rapid Execution Engine, an enhancement that allows the core of the processor to operate at twice the frequency than the rest of the chip, Yu said.

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Power-saving techniques and voltage and frequency "slewing" will allow its chip to lower electricity consumption by up to 50%.

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The company has been selling a new kind of anticheat chip, embedded with radio-frequency identification technology.

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Gaming Partners has also been selling older casinos a new kind of anticheat chip, embedded with radio-frequency identification technology.

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When the chip is hit with a radio frequency signal, it emits a unique identifier number that functions like a long, unguessable password.

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They plan to chip the rhinos and other endangered animals with unique radio frequency ID tags, which the drones will be able to recognize and locate.

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