Posted on July 28th, 2004 by Bob Gould
RFID chips headed for hospitals? – Storage – Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
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VeriChip, the company that makes RFID tags for humans, has moved one step closer to getting its technology into hospitals.
The Federal Drug Administration issued a ruling on Tuesday that essentially begins a final review process [...]
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Posted on July 23rd, 2004 by Bob Gould
Cases of vesicular stomatitis (VS) continue to be detected in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado, but the disease appears to be occurring at lower levels than in previous years’ outbreaks. As of July 22, nine premises in Texas and 11 in New Mexico are under quarantine, due to VS infection. In Colorado, 10 horses and three head of cattle are quarantined on premises in four counties. The viral infection, thought to be spread by sand flies or black flies, can cause horses, cattle and other livestock to develop blister-like lesions that can take several weeks to heal.
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Posted on July 23rd, 2004 by Bob Gould
The time is now for RFID watches – LANs – Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
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RFID, the much-hyped technology that’s turned up on dirty laundry, luggage and even Japanese schoolchildren, has now made its way to posh watches.
Winwatch has teamed up with Toshiba to put the tracking tags [...]
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Posted on July 15th, 2004 by Bob Gould
RFID Chips Implanted In Mexican Law-Enforcement Workers – News by InformationWeek
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RFID Chips Implanted In Mexican Law-Enforcement Workers
Mexico’s attorney general says he and 160 employees had chips implanted for security reasons.
By W. David Gardner, TechWeb News
InformationWeek
Jul 15, 2004 01:00 PM
While tens of thousands of tiny radio-frequency identification devices have been [...]
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Posted on July 14th, 2004 by Bob Gould
RFID reading watch released, nobody gets it – Engadget
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It’s an RFID reader. No, it’s a watch. No, it’s an RFID reader. Oh, forget it. See, this is how your conversations could end up (well, only if your friends are totally annoying) if you buy the UC-Watch, a Japanese watch [...]
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Posted on July 8th, 2004 by Bob Gould
Schoolchildren to be RFID-chipped – LANs – Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
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The rights and wrongs of RFID-chipping human beings have been debated since the tracking tags reached the technological mainstream. Now, school authorities in the Japanese city of Osaka have decided the benefits outweigh the disadvantages and [...]
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Posted on July 7th, 2004 by Bob Gould
Three states Â- Texas, New Mexico and Colorado Â- now have confirmed cases of vesicular stomatitis (VS), a sporadic, naturally occurring disease that causes blister-like lesions, that can affect horses, cattle, swine, goats, deer or other animals.
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