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RFID -- the Devil

Thursday, February 17, 2005
“A new book about ”Ithe disturbing satanic influences in America” dedicates two whole chapters to VeriChip and a related technology known as radio frequency identification, or RFID. The book, titled “The Resistance Manifesto,” equates VeriChip with “the mark of the beast,” which the Bible’s book of Revelations describes as a demonic numbering system for people.”

Some of you may know the weblog format of RFID News is in reverse chronological order. Thus, this is the last story editors cover today.

School tracking, a consumer survey saying the common citizen is uncomfortable being surveilled, and this – published on News.com contemplating RFID as a sign of the apocalypse. Once again, editors find mainstream reports of RFID reckless, impertinent and sensational. [end] 

Vaughan Public Libraries in Ontario, Ca. are in the final stages of implementing the Fastrac RFID system.

The Fastrac RFID will provide greater convenience to patrons, time savings for the staff and additional security for the library itself. Provided by the partnership between VTLS and mk Sorting Systems, the installation will include several self-checkout kiosks, staff stations, RFID gates, tagging stations, tagging wands and tags.

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Proclaiming its entrance into the RFID space, Honeywell introduced part of a new product portfolio designed to bring efficiency to the retail industry, the Optimus 5900 RFID mobile computer.

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Japan’s Fukumi Corporation has opened the world’s first physical shop for NFC tags, applications, starter kits and printing and encoding services in Yaesu, Tokyo.

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The NFC project at Arizona State University (ASU) is becoming quite the celebrity. No longer are a student’s smart phones just the key to their social lives. It’s also the key to their dorm rooms, according to CBS 5 report.

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Murata and Beta LAYOUT announced a joint venture to launch an RFID starter kit aimed at printed circuit board (PCB) engineers and developers aspiring to incorporate RFID into their electronics design.

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2012 is predicted to become a “tipping point” for RFID technology in the retail sector, according to a new study from the VICS Item-Level RFID Initiative (VILRI).

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