10 Best Uses For RFID Tags
1 // Suguaro cacti
On the landscaping black market, these succulents sell for more than $1,000. Arizona's Suguaro National Park plans to use RFIDs to track hot cacti.
2 // Indian elephants
The New Delhi forest department requires pet jumbos be chipped to prevent trafficking. No parades until implanted.
3 // Surgical sponges
One out of every thousand or so intra-abdominal surgery patients "retains" a sponge. Oops! With SmartSponges, docs can find stowaways by passing a wand over the body.
4 // Mexicans
Security firm Xega uses GPS chips to track kidnapped people – a pretty big market in a nation where 6,500 were abducted last year.
5 // Pirelli tires
A chip inside the new Cyber Tyre transmits info on road conditions and friction coefficients to the car’s computer.
6 // Clubbers
At Barcelona’s Baja Beach Club, VIPs are injected with RFIDs linked to debit accounts, making wallets passé’. Handy when all you’re wearing is a thong.
7 // Tokyo
The city aims to blanket itself with microchips – from bus stops to restaurants. Tourists may soon get maps, schedules, tips, and other info just by waving their cell phones.
8 // Police badges
The Blackinton SmartShield badge hides an ID chip, preventing knockoffs. Good idea: Remember Terminator 2?
9 // Inmates
Forced to release prisoners due to overcrowding, Britain wants to chip them. Cops would know if, say, a felon enters a school.
10 // Cat doors
Kitty flaps are great – until you find a possum hanging from your towel rack. The Pet Porte waves through only pre-approved critters.
- source: Mike Olson, Wired Magazine
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