Our friends down at the Syndey Hackerspace Robodojo have contacted an NFC ring supplier and have organised to order assorted NFC rings that did not pass the Quality Assurance tests.
"The QA failed pack is in quantities of 50 and consist of a random assortment of styles and sizes. The QA Rings can have one or more of the below issues which made them fail QA:
Scratches
Color / Style we decided not to retail (some have rainbows…)
One side of the ring has a faulty NFC tag.
Slightly unrefined outer radius
Slightly unrefined comfort fit
Shipping starts at £60 for 50 rings and goes up £10 every 50 to a maximum of £110 for 300. So I was thinking about the £90 mark for 200 rings which with our current terrible dollar conversion works out around $170. Anyone interested? The spoils will be divided evenly amongst contributors and we can work out to make sure everyone gets something they want out of the choices. I’d like to donate some of the remainders for education. Let me know if you’re interested in the comments and we can sort out Paypal details etc."
Examples of the style of rings here:
If you’re interested, join up the Robodojo fb page and let Luther know you’re keen.
I’m keen for a handful of them! In a past life I used to be a jeweller smith; Titanium is a pain to work with but depending on the faults I may be able to make a few presentable.
Great, when you divy them up would you mind dropping 5 into my tub? I’ll pick it up when I come and install the CNC machine, once it’s moved into the shed.
@sjpiper145 are you at the space tonight? I might be able to pop in to pick up my 5 rings late tonight if you’re still there or can leave them with somebody.
I already have one NFC implanted. I have a 125mhz RFID implant kit if anyone is interested… (MIGHT work as a space RFID) I can get the datasheet. I think I’ve decided to go for a second NXT tag implant in the future.
