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Ten Best, Worst, and Craziest Uses of RFID

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the track-this dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This top 10 rounds up what it calls 'the best, worst and craziest' uses of RFID out there — including chipped kids at Legoland, smart pub tables that let you order drinks, smartcards for sports fans, and chipped airline passengers. The craziest use of the tech surely has to be RFID chips for Marks & Spencer suits — you couldn't pay most people to wear one of them."

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  1. "tagging beta" by dwandy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I get the first tag on this article, but what's "beta" got to do with RFID?

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  2. Re:chipped kids? Ok by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a parent I have to say that having my child chipped at an amusement park is just fine.

    As a non-parent who does not like kids and avoids them when I can, I'm just fine with your kid being chipped, too. The only addition I'd make is the ability to deliver a small electrical shock when they are being annoying, or "precious" as their parents descirbe it.

    Cold hearted? Yes.

  3. Re:chipped kids? Ok by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I see more use in a device that gives the *parents* an electric shock, based on the number of decibels the child produces.

  4. Re:chipped kids? Ok by iamdrscience · · Score: 5, Funny
    paedophiles don't need rfid to locate a lone child, just reasonable observation skills.
    You are, of course, ignoring the boost this technology will give to blind pedophiles.