Chipping away at privacy with radio waves

This article was originally published by RFID Update.April 14, 2004—Privacy advocates are alarmed by a new technology that might be able to monitor even the tiniest aspects of our lives. It comes in the form of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips.Read the...

RFID Pressed Into Service For Roadway Safety

This article was originally published by RFID Update.April 14, 2004—The government and vendors are investigating technology called dedicated short-range communications.Read the article at InformationWeek

RFID support network launched

This article was originally published by RFID Update.April 14, 2004—A much-needed network of support services to promote the widespread development of radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies will be launched at a special conference at the Queen Elizabeth II...

Paper Suggests RFID Is A Double Edged Sword

This article was originally published by RFID Update.April 14, 2004—Most of the controversy surrounding the deployment of RFID is centred on the technology’s impact on personal privacy. However, according to a paper published this week by Wireless Healthcare,...

Tagging Along

This article was originally published by RFID Update.April 13, 2004—The days of supermarket bar codes are numbered. Soon the cashier won’t even have to pull merchandise across a laser beam (over and over again…). Smart chips will record which can of soda pop has...

Automotive RFID Gets Rolling

This article was originally published by RFID Update.April 13, 2004—The Federal Highway Administration awards a contract to develop a 5.9 GHz RFID system to cut road fatalities in the U.S. by 50%.Read the article at RFID Journal

Yankee Group draws up RFID ‘roadmap’

This article was originally published by RFID Update.April 13, 2004—Yankee Group analysts have predicted that by 2008 $4.2bn will be spent on radio frequency identification technology services, and warned that enterprises should ready themselves for the...

Manufacturers sceptical over mandated RFID projects

This article was originally published by RFID Update.April 13, 2004—According to Wal-Mart — which has mandated its top 100 suppliers to RFID-tag their cases and pallets — radio frequency identification (RFID) is the next logical step to enhance supply chain...