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The microchipping of America
RFID的應用面確實很廣!如果真的按這 not-so-distant future 發展的話,整個 America 都可能 microchipping 化?
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The microchipping of America/ @4 w. Z0 p. C5 c0 g0 P+ \2 T5 h6 y
TODD LEWAN; The Associated Press
; |$ U4 G$ m; i `, v* V4 tPublished: January 27th, 2008 01:00 AM+ \6 o; h( }; M* f! ~3 k) W l7 L* ?
4 B. A0 c' w: D' f+ ?Here’s a vision of the not-so-distant future: 6 e3 z$ \8 r$ W+ B
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• Microchips with antennas will be embedded in virtually everything you buy, wear, drive and read, allowing retailers and law enforcement to track consumer items – and, by extension, consumers – wherever they go, from a distance.5 E8 U( z+ V/ k( e
9 o( h, t! q6 S' d • A seamless, global network of electronic “sniffers” will scan radio tags in many public settings, identifying people and their tastes instantly so that customized ads – “live spam” – may be beamed at them.
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• In “Smart Homes,” sensors built into walls, floors and appliances will inventory possessions, record eating habits, monitor medicine cabinets – all while silently reporting data to marketers eager for a peek into the occupants’ private lives.
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Science fiction?; k% h* L( U& f7 j2 F- t2 a
9 P# Z$ D* `1 {6 O: g) nIn truth, much of the radio frequency identification technology that enables objects and people to be tagged and tracked wirelessly already exists – and new and potentially intrusive uses of it are being patented, perfected and deployed.
. a6 V# O( k2 C0 N$ a' cSome of the world’s largest corporations are vested in the success of RFID technology, which couples highly miniaturized computers with radio antennas to broadcast information about sales and buyers to company databases... |
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