RFID-tracked cars could be on the horizon, as Austroads, the association of Australian and New Zealand road transport and traffic authorities, investigates how best to deploy the technology.
Radio frequency identification is becoming increasingly popular inside the US government, but agencies have not seriously considered the privacy risks, federal auditors said.
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RFID is moving from a much-talked about technology to a much-used technology, with many companies about to share RFID trials.
Will RFID be the ruin of mankind, or will we perhaps see some benefit from the technology -- like lower prices?
Business executives and bureaucrats are salivating over the potential labour-saving benefits of radio frequency identification technology, and soon technology workers may find reason to be enthusiastic, too.
The United States moves forward with a plan to put RFID chips and biometric data in passports by early next year.
In 10 years almost everything will be tagged, say the experts. So what are these little chips that are soon to be so pervasive, and how will they take over your business?
Radio frequency identification has the potential to revolutionise supply chains of retailers the world over. However, for a 20-year-old technology, it still has significant teething problems.
Will corporate leaders broadly adopt the draconian measures in this cautionary tale? Not likely. But once RFID sensors are smart, cheap and pervasive, the potential for abuse will be significant.
Cesare Tizi, ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year 2007, waxes lyrical about RFID technology -- a subject he knows something about from his Transurban days. He believes the tiny tags will change everything from toll-booths to supermarket checkout queues.
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