[privacy] RFID Tattoos for Tracking Cows... And People

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Kinda scary, when you think about it. :-)

Via Engadget.

[snip]

Did you know that Saint Louis based Somark Innovations successfully tested
an "RFID tattoo" on cows and rats?

Yes indeed, tattoo, not the ol' RFID chip found in passports, dogs, and
Dutch VIP clubbers. Somark's system uses an array of needles to inject a
passive RFID ink which can be read through the hair on your choice of
beast.

The ink can be either invisible or colored but Somark is keeping mum as to
its exact contents. They only say that it doesn't contain any metals and is
100% biocompatible and chemically inert. The tattoo can be applied in 5 to
10 seconds with no shaving involved and can be read from up to 4 feet away
- -- the bigger the tattoo, the more information stored.

[snip]

More:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/rfid-tattoos-for-tracking-cows-and-peopl
e/

- - ferg

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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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