http://www.pdcorp.com/rfid/healthcare.html
Apocalyptic Hope
RFID page One
http://www.pdcorp.com/rfid/healthcare.html
Continued :
RFID page TWO
Human chip implant credit card
alternative --- Dec1, 2003
Credit cards could be replaced by the controversial radio
frequency identification tags implanted under the skin to
identify people at cash machines.
Applied Digital Solutions is hoping that Americans can be
persuaded to undergo a surgical procedure, which is performed
with local anaesthetic and embeds a 12-by-2.1mm RFID tag in the
flesh of a human arm.
ADS CEO Scott Silverman, in a speech at the
ID World 2003 conference in Paris, said his company had developed
a "VeriPay" RFID technology and was
hoping to find partners in financial services firms.
http://www.silicon.com/software/applications/0,39024653,39117132,00.htm
Security Firms and RFID chips
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/security/story/0,2000048600,20277845,00.htm
The "see it all" chip
http://www.time.com/time/globalbusiness/article/0,9171,1101030922-485764,00.html
The Tipping Point --Mark Roberti
US Military and NATO ... big supply chains
The news that the U.S. Department of Defense
(DOD) will require all of its suppliers to tag shipments
is going to have a profound impact on RFID adoption (see Exclusive: Military Edict:
Use RFID by 2005). The U.S. military has the
largest supply chain on the planet. It purchases military
products, clothes, food, drugs and lots of other products.
The DOD will push RFID technology deep into the manufacturing
sector. Companies such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop
Grumman and Raytheon, which supply defense systems to the DOD,
will use RFID to track big-ticket items and parts sent to the
U.S. military. These companies will likely require their
suppliers—and there are tens of thousands of them—to
tag parts and supplies. Those companies, in turn, will likely ask
their suppliers to tag shipments and so on.
The United States also has close allies in the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's very likely that the
DOD will encourage NATO to adopt RFID technology
to ensure that supplies shipped to any NATO theater of
operations can be tracked. That will force
suppliers throughout Europe to put RFID tags on their products.The
United Kingdom has already signed a deal with Savi Technology to
use the same infrastructure that the United States uses to track
freight containers
www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleprint/607/-1/2/
Walmart used microchip to track customers--November 15, 2003
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35629
Retailers take stock of RFID tags (good explanation)
http://news.com.com/2100-1017-5071569.html
RFid code of practice--Oct. 23, 2003
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,7619017^15321^^nbv^15306,00.html
Shopping habits tracked by RFid (book browsing etc.)
http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/systems/0,39001153,39129324,00.htm
RFid Business Application
ConnecTerra says the new
platform, dubbed RFTagAware, would
eliminate the need for much of the custom-made programming
usually required when using a Savant to link readers and
enterprise middleware with already developed code and application
programming interfaces (APIs) for connecting to existing
enterprise systems. The benefits to enterprise customers would be
quicker RIFD implementation and easier data collection and
management.
ConnecTerra's RFTagAware system is comprised of three layers:
software deployed on servers at the edge of the network (near the
RFID readers), application servers to integrate that data, and
centralized control servers that allow monitoring, management and
security access across the system to be controlled from a central
point.
The ability to centrally manage an enterprise-wide RFID system
will be essential to large companies, says Kenneth R. Traub,
ConnecTerra's chief technical officer. "A retailer like
Wal-Mart will have half a million to 1 million readers," he
says. "They can't have someone standing next to each reader,
so there has to be a way to know that the readers are working
correctly and anticipate problems."
http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/601/1/1/
RFid Microchip --Uri Dowbenko / Hari Heath
seeing the whole picture
http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=74&contentid=606&page=2
EPC Network ( Electronic Product Code )
http://show.epcsymposium.com/epcsymposium/V40/index.cvn
RFID -- UWB potential threat by Brad Eckert --September
30, 2003
Here is a press release for a new kind of
RFID tracking system based on a new kind of radio
technology called UWB.
This system tracks small battery powered ID tags over a 30,000
square foot area and reports their position to within a foot!
No kidding, one foot. The implications for human tracking are
very interesting. A large network of receivers could cover a city
the same way PCS towers give us cell phone coverage. If people
are required to carry tags that use this technology, it would be
very easy to correlate the data with video images to see who
isn't carrying their tag when out in public and who doesn't look
like the tag's owner. And of course locate anybody instantly
http://www.rense.com/general42/rf.htm
RFID and the end of civilization -- August 4, 2003
Globalisation
is about one loyalty. Money. Firms have no loyalty to the
countries they invest in, they have a commitment only to their
shareholders to provide maximum return. If this means firing the
people who buy your product, well it seems that’s just too
bad.
http://www.thoughtcrimenews.com/rfid.htm
RFID News Archive
http://www.radiofrequencyidentification.org/archives/2003_09.html
Injectable
chip opens door to "human bar code"... Jan 6-2002
RF ID chip--Radio frequency IDentification chip---VeriChip
http://eetimes.com/story/OEG20020104S0044
Radio tags on
everyday product barcodes
http://www.technologyreview.com/magazine/mar01/schmidt.asp
American Express goes RFID in Phoenix July 21, 2003
http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?ArticleID=4827
Shoppers on camera per items --July 19, 2003
TECHNOLOGY AUTOMATICALLY IDS CONSUMERS by snapping a
picture of you taking the product off the shelf, and a 2nd
picture at the checkout to see if you paid for it. And you are
guilty until proven innocent even if you changed your mind and
set the product down somewhere else in the store.
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/july2003/donnad719-2.htm
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33646
Shopping to go High Tech --July 2003
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33647
WalMart may use Intermec ID tags --June 4, 2003
According to industry sources, the world's largest
retailer will ask its top 100 suppliers to put the tags
on all their shipping cases and pallets
by the start of 2005.
"This is about as big as it gets," said Mark Roberti,
founder and editor of RFID Journal. "Wal-Mart will be the
catalyst that spurs adoption of this technology."
Intermec, a division of Everett-based Unova Corp., is a
longtime leader in radio frequency identification tags, which
consist of a microchip and tiny antenna. The information on the
chips can be read by special scanning devices.
The tags are "smarter" than bar codes, holding as much
as 64 times as much information.
Scanners can read them from 5 feet away, and
information on the tags Intermec makes
can be reprogrammed thousands of times.
In addition to the tags, Intermec makes related scanners and
reading devices.
http://www.heraldnet.com/Stories/03/6/7/17050887.cfm
Euro Bank Notes to have RFID tags ....May 2003
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2135074,00.html
Tiny ID's can track almost anything - June 9, 2003
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030609-122709-8176r.htm
http://www.rr-bb.com/printthread.php?s=c28f25a845bfae4ef88c9a6f1ddde607&threadid=91144
Car - Tagging
Stealing Cars Will Get Tougher
A study by Allianz AG, one of the world's largest
insurers, revealed that between 1993 and 2000, vehicle theft in
Europe dropped by 50 percent, largely because of the use of
immobilizers. The first units required a unique serial number
stored in an RFID tag in the key to match the number stored in a
reader in the steering column. If the key didn't match, the car
wouldn't start.
The current technology, which was introduced in 1997, uses an
electronic signature for additional safety. The unit in the
steering column generates a random number, which is transmitted
to the key. They key combines the random number with its own
unique serial number. The new number is encrypted and sent back
to the unit in the steering column. If the numbers don't match,
the car doesn't start.
To prevent this kind of fraud, Texas Instruments worked out an
enhancement to its immobilizers, which it calls Digital
Signature Transponder Plus, or DST+. The system allows data to be
stored on individual keys and in the car, so that both the
vehicle and the car know how many new keys have been made and
even when they are used.
When the new key is used in the car, the unit in the steering
column records the existence of a new key. The next time the
original keys are used, the steering column unit writes data to
the keys, so all keys have information on the existence of all
other keys. The system can also store date stamps, so the insurer
can check when each key was last used.
http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/33/1/1/
Texas Instruments RFid Systems Introduces DST+ - The Next
Generation of Secure Transponders for Automotive Anti-Theft
Applications
Using the new DST+ transponder, car manufacturers can
store the VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) along with data
such as a time stamp of when each key was made or when new keys
are added to the system, the number of times new keys were
programmed and the total number of unique keys made for the
vehicle. Storing this type of information on every key gives
insurance investigators new information to question the validity
of a stolen car claim
http://www.ti.com/tiris/docs/news/news_releases/2002/rel7-02-02.shtml
It turns out that tens of millions of people have ...
RFID tags and don't even know it. Most cars keys for luxury
and
European cars now come standard with RFID transponders.
These
transponders are used to make cars more difficult to steal.
However I
think that people can also be tracked via these RFID
transponders.
My understanding is
that 50 to 100 million cars are now equiped with these RFID-based
anit-theft systems.
That means 50+ million people have already been [ RFID tagged ]
Losing the car keys an expensive mistake
http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/local/chi-021002auto,0,3325052.story
And this is latest advance in the technology: Keyless-entry to
car (Passive Entry)
Persons can have the keyfob in their pocket or purse,
and when they come within 2 meters (about 6.5 feet) of the
vehicle and simply pull the door handle, the device automatically
identifies the driver and unlocks the door.
http://www.ti.com/tiris/docs/solutions/auto/passive.shtml
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Texas Instruments: Multi-Function Reader Module
Contactless Payment Application
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2003--Texas Instruments RFid
Systems (TI-RFid(TM)), a leading integrated manufacturer of radio
frequency identification (RFID) tags, smart labels and reader
systems, today introduced its new Multi-Function Reader Module, a
flexible and low-cost device that accepts ISO/IEC 14443 and
ISO/IEC 15693 standards-compliant radio frequency (RF)
transponders used for contactless payment applications. Texas
Instruments' new reader module supports Speedpass(TM)
low frequency (134.2 kHz) technology, used by more than 6
million consumers in North America, as well
as TI's 13.56 MHz ISO 15693 transponder
family and new transponders built on TI's recently announced ISO
14443 Type B platform. With the highly versatile reader module,
POS [ point of sale
]and payment terminal manufacturers are no longer locked into
supporting only one transponder solution for contactless payment
applications.
Texas Instruments' Proximity
Coupling Device (PCD) module is fully
compliant with ISO 14443 Type A and B and ISO 15693, providing
opportunities for true interoperability across suppliers and
protocols.
"serving the following markets: banking,
public transit, general retail, quick-service restaurants,
hospitality and vending"
V.C. Kumar, strategy manager for wireless commerce,
TI-RFid Systems.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030304/45097_1.html
Texas Instruments Press Releases
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=TXN&d=t
http://www.ti.com/tiris/docs/news/press.shtml
Tex. Instr. world's largest manufacturer of RFID integrated tags
http://www.ti.com/tiris/default.htm
http://www.ti.com/tiris/docs/news/news_releases/2003/rel4-22-03.shtml
Eldat - ESL.... No More Barcodes-- March 19, 2003
Electronic Shelf Labels
(ESL) are a fast and easy way to update prices of products on the
shelf, using remote transmitters, microchips and on-the-shelf
displays. With ESL, stock workers need not tag and re-tag
hundreds of products and the cashier doesn't need to second guess
an incorrect price tag that doesn't match a bar-code.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=40815
Tagging pharmacy
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2000/apr26/smart.html
Smart medicine--auto ID technology--Dr. David Brock
summary: http://www.autoidcenter.org/AbstractTest.asp?ID=23
http://www.autoidcenter.org/research/MIT-AUTOID-WH-010.pdf
Benetton clothing with transmitter tags
Benetton's Sisley line of
clothing will contain a Philips Electronics radio frequency ID
tag that will replace ubiquitous bar codes, which have to be
manually scanned....
Others, including luxury clothing retailer Prada,
have previously introduced RFID inventory tags. Companies
including Procter & Gamble, Wal-Mart and British
retailer Tesco have been researching smart tags for
restocking, anti-theft and anti-counterfeit purposes.
Phillips says its smart tags will be imperceptible to the
wearer. They store information on the style, size and
color of the garment and its path through the manufacturing and
stock chain, said Karsten Ottenberg, senior vice president of
Philips Semiconductors, based in Hamburg, Germany.
Because the ID is embedded in the clothes - it's an
antenna-bearing chip smaller than a grain of rice that's attached
to the clothes' labels - any item returned to the store
automatically re-enters the inventory. http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAZPSUA6DD.html
What Your Clothes say About You
http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,58006,00.html
Benetton tags; 5,000 stores; "minority report" for
consumers--March 13, 2003
Clothes produced under Benetton's core brand
Sisley have been fitted with RFID-enabled labels based on
Philips' I.CODE semiconductor technology. These labels are part
of a complete system solution by LAB ID -- the Italian system
integrator -- and are being used by Benetton to track its
garments throughout the company's entire supply chain. As part of
this initiative, all garment box shipments from United Colours of
Benetton are also to be labeled with I.CODE-based smart labels.
These are tracked using I.CODE-compatible readers and wireless
LAN netpads developed and manufactured by LAB ID and Psion
Teklogix respectively.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030311/115697_1.html
You Can Run , but you cannot hide
RFID chips in your tires (TREAD ) Jan 16, 2003
The US Congress passed the
TREAD (Transportation, Recall, Enhancement, Accountability
and Documentation) Act
Philips and Texas
Instruments have also developed pressure and temperature
sensors that use battery-powered RFID tags to communicate with a
reader in the dashboard. That enables the driver to know when the
pressure of one particular tire drops below a certain level (see RFID Chip To Monitor Tire Pressure).
The Michelin transponder is strictly for identification
and tracking.
http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/269/1/1/
Jeff
Rense Audio
The System will embed an RFID tag into EVERY product in America.
They will know everything about you..where you go, what you buy,
and they will make a composite summary of you, called
"profiling".
Yes, they will guess at what you are like, your thoughts,
motives, characteristics and personality...whether or not their
profiling is true or just an exaggerated case of surveillance.
Jeff
Rense Audio Archive:
Katherine Albrecht - Total Product Tracking 12/02/02
http://crncast.com/Rense_Archives.htm
KSW-Microtec, a Germany company that makes RFID
tags and labels, has unveiled a new washable RFID label that can
be attached directly to fabrics. The company is targeting the
untapped uniform market in the United States.
Full Story
New Direct-To-Textile Washable RFID Tag
http://www.rfidjournal.com/news/nov02/washable111104.html
If I were into conspiracy theories, these PR efforts from the
Auto-ID Center make it look like there is a secret plan in place
to build a world-wide surveillance network to take over the
world. However, I'm not into conspiracy theories! ;-)
Richard http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com
Alien's tiny cheap chips could open new
worlds
"Penzias likes the eyeglasses example. Embed an RF
tag in every pair of glasses. You lose your glasses, you go to a
special Web site, which listens the world over for a little ping
from your glasses' RF tag. The site shows that you left them on
the bar at Thirsty's. The only alarming part is that you only
vaguely remember even being at the bar at Thirsty's.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/ccarch/2001-03-14-maney.htm
RFID: From Just-In-Time to Real Time
"It's going to revolutionize the way we track goods from
manufacturing to the consumer and even through
recycling." Ashton puts it another way. "Creating a way
for companies to use sensors to identify goods anywhere
in the world is a very big deal," he says. "We are, in
effect, creating an Internet of things."
http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,3959,1515,00.asp
Internet of Things GRAPHICS
(interesting !)
http://www.alientechnology.com/news/The_Internet_of_Things.htm
Euro Bank Notes to have RFID chips in them--Dec 19, 2001
SAN MATEO, Calif. — The European Central
Bank is working with technology partners on a hush-hush project
to embed radio frequency identification tags into the very fibers
of euro bank notes by 2005, EE Times has learned. Intended
to foil counterfeiters, the project is developing as Europe
prepares for a massive changeover to the euro, and would create
an instant mass market for RFID chips, which have long sought
profitable application.
http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20011219S0016
Next-generation
implantable-microchip has extended RFID range- Oct 3-2002
New Market
place applications...subdermal chip...... Antenna doubles
magnetic field
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/021003/nyth047_1.html
Mind Control ?
http://www.futurehorizons.net/psi.htm
Salvation www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/sal.htm
Bible www.blueletterbible.org