[LINK] Simple animation about RFID tags

[Karl Schaffarczyk]

At 12:11 PM +1100 24/2/04, jeff.evans at iird.vic.gov.au wrote:
>Here's a small Flash animation that maybe of interest to those wanting to
>explain RFID in retail. It does have a >>black screen<< mention about
>privacy concerns...
>
>Visualize: How RFID Works
>With Wal-Mart directing its suppliers to attach radio-frequency
>identification (RFID) tags to product shipment pallets by 2005, the
>technology is finally coming into its own. This animated infographic shows
>how RFID will automate the supply chain, from an object's manufacture to
>its arrival at a consumer's home.
>      < http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/visualize0304.asp?trk=nl >
>
>Regards


Jeff, Link,
are the E-tags on Sydney and Melbourne motorways in fact RFID tags?

if so, does this mean we'll be able to stick a credit card on the 
dashboard when driving on those motorways, or use drivethrough 
shopping pickup and pay with the eway toll tag?

Maybe these are silly examples, but I am wondering how far it might go......


Hey! those RFID tags in the animation look just like the ones I've 
recently peeled from the back of DVDs at a large retail outlet - are 
those tage just security tags or is RFID technology already here and 
used on a widespread basis?

Karl
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