If you’ve ever thought about hacking RFID, here’s a neat little starter kit. I wasn’t sold on a kit for quite some time. I figured that there must be a way to get only the widgets I wanted without having to buy a complete kit, when you know you’re only going to get about a third of the things you need anyway.

Hours of searching and a few months later, and I purchased a kit. Why? Because trying to piece your own package together is very. . .cost prohibitive. Yikes. So I got the kit and was done with it.

This kit comes with the RFID Toys book, which lists some neat little projects that you can tackle to get acquainted with RFID. Hours of hacking fun!

Kit comes with:

• Phidget RFID Reader
• RFID Toys book
• Credit Card Thin Card (ISO)
• Thick Card (Clamshell)
• Inventory Label - Square Version (2 1/8 x 3 3/8)
• Small Glass Ampule
• 20mm Button with Sticker Backing
• 17mm Black Pill Tag
• 35mm White Disk with Hole
• CD-ROM Tag
• 30mm Global Tag (black)
• 25mm White Disk
• 25mm White Disk (sticker backing)
• 30mm Clear Thin Lamination Disk
• 30mm Clear Thin Lamination Disk (sticker backing)
• 25mm Clear Thin Lamination Disc
• Blue Key Fob
• Wristband Watch Style

There are kits available from Trossen Electronics and Think Geek. Same kit, just check availability before you order. Also check out Parallax for some neat kits (I hesitate to post a deep url — you’ll see why when you visit their site — but just got to Education | Educational Kits).