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Streamlining and Testing RFID Technology

Posted by Soulskill on from the all-the-better-to-see-you-with dept.

Multiple readers have written to let us know that an experiment at the upcoming Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) conference will use RFID to track the movements of at least 1,500 registrants for the duration of the conference. Those movements will be transmitted onto screens which "show in real-time where people go, with whom they associate, for how long and how often." The system will also be used for games which involve manipulation of the available data. Meanwhile, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a method for testing large quantities of RFID tags, which may serve to greatly speed distribution.

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  1. How appropriate... by Ungrounded+Lightning · · Score: 4, Funny

    privacy, rfid, security, technology (tagging beta)

    For once "tagging beta" is appropriate. B-)

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  2. dammit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    There goes my plan of hanging out at the bar while my video presentation is running at the booth.

  3. Billing? by arthurpaliden · · Score: 3, Funny

    Will the results of the number and dureation of these 'meetings' be automatically applied to the persons credit card?

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  4. Cool by duckInferno · · Score: 5, Funny

    but will it show everybody's hunger, bladder, entertainment and relationship status bars as well?

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    1. Re:Cool by RuBLed · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes, in the next expansion pack.

  5. Re:That's EASY... by QuantumG · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not if they are implanted.

    And are programmed to explode if removed.

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