Benetton Clothing to Carry RFID Tags

An anonymous reader writes "Clothing manufacturer Benetton has announced that they will begin embedding RFID tags in clothing for inventory control purposes. You can read more about this at SF Gate." morcheeba adds more information: "EETimes is reporting that Benetton will be embedding a Philips RFID chip into the label of every new garment bearing the name of Benetton's core clothing brand, Sisley. The 15 million chips expected sold in 2003 will allow monitoring of garments from production to shipping, shelves and dressing rooms. The I.CODE chip (tech info) used in Benetton's labels will include 1,024 bits of EEPROM and operate at a distance of up to 1.5 meters. RFIDs look like they would be extremely uncomfortable in some Sisley clothes."

Comments

First Article that should have a Mod

[PositiveGround]

This is the first Slashdot article that definitely deserves a +5, Funny.

Wow

[The_dev0]

A chip in my clothes, hey? Well, until somebody ports Linux to it or I can run MAME on it, i'm not interested.

Re:How do you disable them?

[luzrek]

Microwaves work by emitting (gasp) microwaves. For the consumer level microwave ovens they work by emitting microwaves which are (hopefully) exactly tuned to the resonant frequency of one of the vibrational modes of the water molecule. Metals typically have lots of valence electrons. The really high flux of electromagnetic waves on these weakly bound electrons can get them moving, creating electric current, which heats up the metal, and can make fire. My personal favorite is the AOL cd in the Microwave. Not only do you get a light show, but it partially melts so you can mold them into funny shapes.