RFID-Vox: A Tribute to Leon Theremin

This chapter is dedicated to Leon Theremin, the inventor of the first passive RFID tag-like device, who is more widely known as an inventor of the contactless musical instrument known as the thereminvox. A biographical overview of Leon Theremin and his works is presented together with a concept of a wireless musical instrument named RFID-vox, which combines basic principles of the thereminvox with passive UHF RFID sensor technology.

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