This is important 'cause the greater the read distance in say, the line at airport immigration control, the greater the chance of abuse.

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It's still not clear at what distance the exchange was intercepted -- while the passive ISO 14443 tag is spec'd with a read distance of only 2-milimeters you'll find claims of reads at several meters.

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When we sat down to eat he either read the paper or gazed into the distance.

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The distance from which tagged banknotes could be read would depend on the exact specifications of the chips that were used.

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"The actual word shape was the most distinctive thing because if you had Birmingham in capitals, from a distance, it's difficult to read but in caps and lower case you have word shape, " says Calvert.

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Although George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, spoke in his place, many read Mr Cameron's cancellation as a deliberate move to distance the party from business.

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One form of the technology can read 30 notes a second, although the tags have to be separated from each other by a distance of at least 2cm to reduce interference.

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Writers Hari Kunzru, Amitava Kumar, Jeet Thayil and Ruchir Joshi read extracts from the book to protest against Mr Rushdie's withdrawal, leading the festival organisers to distance themselves from the readings.

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My job as a home care worker was to read to her (the Bible only), help her to the bathroom, walk her a short distance outside in her walker, and get her in and out of bed.

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