Post by Dave on Aug 17, 2012 23:40:30 GMT -5
RFID
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries
"Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is the use of a wireless non-contact system ... for the purposes of automatic identification and tracking. Some tags require no battery and are powered by the electromagnetic fields used to read them. Others use a local power source and emit radio waves (electromagnetic radiation at radio frequencies). The tag contains electronically stored information which can be read from up to several meters (yards) away. Unlike a bar code, the tag does not need to be within line of sight of the reader and may be embedded in the tracked object.
RFID tags are used in many industries. An RFID tag attached to an automobile during production can be used to track its progress through the assembly line. Pharmaceuticals can be tracked through warehouses. Livestock and pets may have tags injected, allowing positive identification of the animal.
Since RFID tags can be attached to clothing, possessions, or even implanted within people, the possibility of reading personally-linked information without consent has raised privacy concerns."
Parents think school cafeteria will serve their kids to Satan
now.msn.com/parents-worry-that-schools-palm-scanner-is-the-mark-of-the-beast
Moss Bluff Elementary just wants to get all one thousand of its students through the lunch line a little faster. But the Louisiana school's solution—a system that scans the kids' palms—has been both rejected and feared by local parents. "As a Christian, I've read the Bible," concerned mom Mamie Sonnier said. "I know where it's going to end up coming to, the Mark of the Beast. I'm not going to let my kids have that." A letter sent home to parents said the scanner would help ensure that kids weren't charged for school lunches they didn't eat; signifying the End of Days wasn't mentioned as a selling point.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries
"Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is the use of a wireless non-contact system ... for the purposes of automatic identification and tracking. Some tags require no battery and are powered by the electromagnetic fields used to read them. Others use a local power source and emit radio waves (electromagnetic radiation at radio frequencies). The tag contains electronically stored information which can be read from up to several meters (yards) away. Unlike a bar code, the tag does not need to be within line of sight of the reader and may be embedded in the tracked object.
RFID tags are used in many industries. An RFID tag attached to an automobile during production can be used to track its progress through the assembly line. Pharmaceuticals can be tracked through warehouses. Livestock and pets may have tags injected, allowing positive identification of the animal.
Since RFID tags can be attached to clothing, possessions, or even implanted within people, the possibility of reading personally-linked information without consent has raised privacy concerns."
Parents think school cafeteria will serve their kids to Satan
now.msn.com/parents-worry-that-schools-palm-scanner-is-the-mark-of-the-beast
Moss Bluff Elementary just wants to get all one thousand of its students through the lunch line a little faster. But the Louisiana school's solution—a system that scans the kids' palms—has been both rejected and feared by local parents. "As a Christian, I've read the Bible," concerned mom Mamie Sonnier said. "I know where it's going to end up coming to, the Mark of the Beast. I'm not going to let my kids have that." A letter sent home to parents said the scanner would help ensure that kids weren't charged for school lunches they didn't eat; signifying the End of Days wasn't mentioned as a selling point.