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.
Inmates at Canberra's first prison will wear radio frequency identification (RFID) bracelets or anklets to track their location, under plans by government.
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.
Boeing is piloting RFID tags and wi-fi technology to track and locate aircraft parts across its vast manufacturing factories.
Korea's second largest supermarket chain is counting on RFID to understand its customers a bit better.
Marauders' maps, deluminators and sneakoscopes have their place, but Harry could have solved most of his problems by turning to Muggle technology.
Australian army troops in Iraq will use radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to monitor the movement of equipment from early next year.
Why is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology so exciting? According to Cesare Tizi, ZDNet Australia's CIO of the year, it "opens up unbelievable business opportunities."
Civil liberties groups from both sides of the Atlantic have joined forces to oppose the proposed introduction and cross-border sharing of biometrics and RFID in more than one billion passports worldwide.
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?
In the future, your hospital room will be online, and so will your gastric system.
Dr John Halamka, the CIO of Harvard Medical School, is an early adopter of RFID technology -- he's got a chip implanted in his arm. These tags can keep track of personal medical records, as well as hospital equipment. Halamka talks with ZDNet.com editor in chief Dan Farber about recent advances in patient care, and electronic prescriptions.
Retailers may love the concept of tiny radio tags for tracking products, but consumers should beware the potential for exploitation by corporations, criminals and the government.
German chip maker Infineon will make your clothes sing in a couple of years.
Faced with an increasing number of wireless technologies and standards, planning a long-term networking strategy is a daunting prospect.
Robots, cars, power and light. Just some of the sectors that'll see action next year.
New research shows how to make self-contained communicating computers the size of grains of salt.
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In this exclusive video interview, Optus chief information officer Lawrie Turner speaks to ZDNet.com.au about being the IT head for Australia's number two telco.
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