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As Kidnappings Increase, Mexicans Get Dubious RFID ...
As Kidnappings Increase, Mexicans Get Dubious RFID Tracking Chips Implanted In Their Arms
By Julie Beck posted Aug 22nd, 2011 at 12:15pm
RFID Chip
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Following the violent kidnapping of former Mexican presidential candidate Diego Fernandez de Cevallos last year, some Mexicans are now having themselves implanted with RFID tracking chips similar to the one that was supposedly cut from Fernandez's arm by his abductors, the Washington Post reports. Companies selling these chips to scared citizens are promising that they will help rescuers track them down in the event of a kidnapping.
The chip, implanted in the tissue...
Date: 2017-12-10 02:17:29
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Skin-Implanted Microchips Open Doors At Swedish Office ...
To hear biohacker Hannes Sjoblad talk about it, getting a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip installed under your skin is like an inoculation against obsolescence. As seen in a short video from the BBC , workers in a Swedish office complex called Epicenter get around using the small chips embedded within their hands. The tradeoff is very direct: ease of use at the expense of personal information.
Why would employees agree to microchipping? Sjolblad, Epicenter's 'chief disruption officer' and a member of the Swedish biohacking group BioNyfiken , sees the...
Date: 2017-03-04 04:02:22
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Skin-Implanted Microchips Open Doors At Swedish Office ...
To hear biohacker Hannes Sjoblad talk about it, getting a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip installed under your skin is like an inoculation against obsolescence. As seen in a short video from the BBC , workers in a Swedish office complex called Epicenter get around using the small chips embedded within their hands. The tradeoff is very direct: ease of use at the expense of personal information.
Why would employees agree to microchipping? Sjolblad, Epicenter's 'chief disruption officer' and a member of the Swedish biohacking group BioNyfiken , sees the...
Date: 2017-12-10 00:29:41
Related topics : radio frequency identification (rfid) chip / radio frequency identification rfid chip / radio frequency identification device rfid technology / radio frequency identification device rfid / radio frequency identification tags (rfid)
Jamming Device Prevents Driver's Phone From Working If Car ...
Texting while driving is enough of a problem that it's been pinned as more dangerous than drunk driving , so it was only a matter of time before we started to see technology better able to shut it down. Now on that list: researchers have found a way to detect when a phone is being used in a moving car, then jam...
Date: 2017-03-04 02:16:12
Related topics : radio frequency identification device rfid technology / radio frequency identification technology (rfid) / radio frequency identification technology rfid / radio frequency identification device rfid / radio frequency identification (rfid)
'X-Ray Vision' Device Uses Wi-Fi Reflections To See ...
Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) are presenting a new method for seeing through walls. They call it RF-Capture, and it builds on research CSAIL has been working on since 2013 . The paper was accepted to the SIGGRAPH Asia conference, which will take place in November.
RF-Capture works like this: The device contains a wireless transmitter that relays a radio signal. Then, the device's receivers pick up the signal reflected back by the hidden body. With the data, an algorithm can then determine the silhouette of the body on the other side. And the...
Date: 2017-12-10 03:49:03
Related topics : rf signal tracking device
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