Twitter Digest: 2009-03-20
Extreme sheepherding (courtesy of Samsung): http://tinyurl.com/9w4o9c # My new (RFID enabled) passport arrives in a couple weeks. Should I A) hammer the chip into submission or B) Line my passport case with foil? #...
Tagged: RFID
Dissecting Breeze
Starting in December 2005, MARTA launched its initiative to move to a 100% “smart card” system in Atlanta, GA. Gone will be the tokens, turn-stiles and bus transfers. Citing fare losses to fraud, turnstile...
When Cash Is Only Skin Deep
(Wired) A Florida company has announced plans to develop a service that would allow consumers to pay for merchandise using microchips implanted under their skin. Applied Digital Solutions CEO Scott Silverman said he believes...
RFID Gussied Up With Biosensors
(Wired) Still stinging from failed attempts to introduce radio tags to consumers, retailers and their suppliers are now adding features to the technology to make it appear essential to the safety of the nation’s...
Claim: RFID Will Stop Terrorists
(Wired News) Facing increasing resistance and concerns about privacy, the United States’ largest food companies and retailers will try to win consumer approval for radio identification devices by portraying the technology as an essential...
