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Computer Magazine Claims Britain’s ID cards scrapped in Favour of RFID Implants for Infants

The government is to scrap its controversial £30 voluntary ID card system in favour of having every child born in the UK implanted at birth with a free radio frequency-based (RFID) identity marker.The plan is part of a £100bn 10-year project to put the UK at the forefront of post-internet information technology. It will lead [...]

A Future Filled With RFID Chips

Some University of Washington students, faculty and staff are being tracked as they move about the computer-science building, with details of where they’ve been, and with whom, stored in a database.
Professor Gaetano Borriello checks a computer to find graduate student Evan Welbourne’s last location: on the fourth floor, outside room 452 at 10:38 a.m. Wednesday. [...]

Advanced ID Announces Breakthrough in China for RFID Tire Tag

 Advanced ID Corporation, a leading developer of radio frequency identification (”RFID“) technology for livestock tracking, pet recovery and supply chain applications focusing on the tire management industry, today announced a major breakthrough for the adoption of its RFID tire tag products, the industry’s most advanced platform for identification and tracking of tires. In a significant [...]

New York’s Freedom Tower to depend on RFID

The concrete base of the 541 metre Freedom Tower, being built on the site of New York’s former World Trade Center, will be embedded with RFID tags to make sure it’s setting properly and can sustain the pressure of 14,000 psi the tower will exert.
Monitoring the temperature of setting concrete is nothing new, but doing [...]

RFID Spy Dust, the FBI and….You?

Information about a seemingly futuristic RFID technology development was sent to me earlier in the week by IndustryWizard.com - and it’s definitely something I want to pass on to all those readers worried about the more Orwellian aspects of RFID. A company called Nox Defense has developed an “invisible perimeter defense technology” that combines high [...]

Quick Links 3/3/08

Pulls embassy staff from Bogota…
Ahmadinejad: US Should Leave Iraq…
…landmark visit
PAPER: Federal Reserve’s rescue has failed…
Buffett: USA Essentially in Recession…
Israeli City Shocked As Rockets Hit…Strikes Kill 61 in Gaza…
Next Level…
Oil Prices Spike on OPEC Speculation…
…rethinking production cut plans
Oil exploration sought in Calif. national monument…
GOOGLE Earth showed protesters way to conquer UK parliament… [...]

Quicklinks 2/28/08

1 in 100 Americans — are behind bars!
Border ‘Virtual Fence’ Delayed; 28-Mile Pilot Project Fails
CBS News Video - Top Stories and Video News Clips at CBSNews.com

Meet Dimitri, the next Russian president
Black leader: An Obama win will divide America
Bush: USA Is Not Headed Into Recession
The Emerging Third World U.S.
ECONOMY SLOWS TO NEAR CRAWL…
Gold Scales Fresh [...]

Quick Links 2/22/08

University Launches RFID People Tracking Experiment
Security expert reveals RFID credit card hack
Superhighways Threaten Sovereignty
How to Fix Illegal Immigration
The Battle Against Illegal Immigration
The North American Union, Mexico style
Aspiring Author Acclaims Ron Paul to Large Canadian Radio Audience
Air Force backing UA’s hologram development
Finally! A more Sci-Fi like hologram than ever!
3D television ‘a reality within five years’
New uses [...]

Quick Links 2/17/08

Swooning supporters fainting for Obama
Obama’s International Socialist Connections
Obama plan ships dollars overseas – by the billions
Clinton Again Calls on Obama to Debate
Clinton camp: Race will last until June - Mike Allen - Politico.com
Worshippers Of The New Messiah
Ben Shapiro: Is Barack Hussein Obama The Messiah?
Influence peddling claims dog McCain
Breitbart.tv » NBA Great Charles Barkley Calls Conservatives [...]

Ford Embraces RFID Technology, Integrates Tool Link Radio Frequency Tracking into On Board F-150 Truck Computers

Ford believes that its clients’ biggest and most encountered problem is forgetting to bring important tools with them. So Ford has gone ahead and “developed a system” that rectify this situation.
At the Chicago Auto Show, Ford nveiled it’s RFID tracking system in a demonstration using the new Tool Link identification system. With its help, owners of F-150 pickups will always know [...]