News (8)

  • ACT prison to RFID tag inmates

    Almost two years after announcing its intention to use RFID to track prisoners and guards alike, it has been revealed that the ACT Department of Corrective Services has signed a deal to rollout the technology.

  • RFID to track ACT prisoners

    Inmates at Canberra's first prison will wear radio frequency identification (RFID) bracelets or anklets to track their location, under plans by government.

  • 44,000 prison inmates to be RFID-chipped

    One US state reckons it's cracked how to keep track of all of its 44,000 prison inmates - RFID-chip them.

  • LA County jail tags inmates with RFID

    The US's largest jail system has launched a pilot project with Alanco Technologies to track inmates using radio frequency identification bracelets.

  • Microsoft tags Tech.Ed delegates

    Microsoft today announced plans to track Australian delegates attending its annual Tech.Ed conference in Sydney next week using RFID tags embedded in conference badges.

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Features and Case Studies (3)

  • RFID round-up: Still in the trough

    Despite its clear benefits in stock tracking and the success of early, isolated pilot tests in tracking high-value assets, RFID technology is still spinning its wheels as ongoing high costs and unclear return on investment continue to keep once-enthusiastic customers away in droves.

  • RFID tags: The people say no

    CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says readers are united in their contempt for the idea of embedding chips in people.

  • With RFID, corporate might makes right

    Retail powerhouses such as Wal-Mart gather in the United States to push development of controversial tagging technology.

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