One billion RFID cards vulnerable to hacks

Cash is starting to look so much more attractive.  Then again, aren't they also putting RFID in the currency now?"Even as RFID tech grows more and more ubiquitous, fears about its safety and security haven't dwindled -- which is why we're just disappointed, not...

Land Rover, Savi launch RFID pilot to track auto parts

"Land Rover division and Savi today announced they have launched a pilot program that deploys an active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions that better synchronizes the delivery of auto parts from multiple suppliers to Land Rover's key assembly plant in the West...

RFID : Promoting efficiency or Stealing our Privacy?

Wired has a rather long story about RFID or radio frequency I.D. tags and technology. Passive tags might become the new barcode and be an efficient way to control inventory and production. The RFID tags with power transmit all kinds of information to anyone with a "sniffer"...

ADT significantly cuts retail RFID deployment costs

"In a typical medium sized retail store, an item-level RFID system would normally require around 100 readers to be installed and an initial hardware investment of around euro 300,000 (USD 435,000). With the iREAD platform, the system would only require around 10 readers to be...

The Surveillance Next Generation - VeriChip on the Verge of Expanding

               A major debate is on its way.  Its focus will be on a new technology that is growing rapidly and changing how we interact with our objects, the environment, and each other.  The...

Zeitgeist Movie vs. RFIDs

In response to the video we showed in class, the YouTube clip from the movie American Zeitgeist (2006), I feel that it was greatly over exaggerated and completely bias. Yes, the video seemed to be very convincing and somewhat frightening but I think they focused more on...

METRO Group, Checkpoint Systems expand RFID `Tag It Easy!` program

""Tag It Easy!" is part of METRO Group's Advanced Logistics Asia (ALA) initiative to jointly enhance logistics processes with its Asian suppliers using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to track merchandise throughout the supply chain. Because many suppliers in the region...

U.K. Kids Get RFID Chips In School Uniforms

I think this story is best summed up by 'We're treating schoolchildren like we treat our criminals'.Considering police in Canada don't even have the right to fingerprint you, even if you're arrested, this is shocking to me."Ten schoolchildren in the United Kingdom are being...

Standards-based active RFID products from Savi certified

""Businesses in Taiwan, Malaysia and Chile recognize the economic and strategic value of standardized RFID, and certification facilitates our ability to help make the supply chains there more efficient and secure," said Fraser Jennings, Savi's vice president of Standards and...

World`s first UHF item-level RFID solution for METRO Group

"Galeria Kaufhof has been using RFID in logistics and warehouse pilots since 2003, and is determined to leverage its wealth of item-level tag data to deliver an improved retail shopping experience. This significant implementation covers a wide breadth of applications...