Enhanced Drivers Licenses
Two states are implementing RFID Enhanced Driver Licenses in 2008. Vermont and Washington have designed these for easier border crossing into Canada and Mexico. Critics charge that the radio frequency identification chips are to be used to monitor shipments of cargo, not people.
The cards transmit a signal with the unique identification number of the license [...]
Smart Shelf
A new "smart bookshelf" will keep track of your books and other media. Developed by two guys from the Netherlands, the system uses small RFID tags implanted into books, DVDs, or various other media that is kept in libraries and businesses.
Data recording an item’s movement on or off the shelf, as well as the [...]
RFID “Powder Chips” Make Sure You Don’t Hock Your Wedding Band
Hitachi’s ‘powder chips’ are small enough to be mixed into paper pulp, creating a layer of security for gift cards and certificates. (That’s a strand of human hair for reference in the picture above.) They’re also small enough to be embedded in fine jewelry. Gone are the days when you can cash in your wedding [...]
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Big Brother’s Umbrella
RFID umbrellas are part of an experiment in mobile advertising by Dutch Umbrellas which is selling advertising on the umbrellas to shopkeepers in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia.
What people may not know, is that there is an embedded Motorola RFID tracking device in the handle, presumably to keep track of the umbrella. It doesn’t take [...]
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