Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] This seems scary Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 11:41:58 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong This tek was mentioned by George Colony of Forrester Research at the " Net World Order: Bridging the Global Digital Divide " conference I got to a couple of weeks ago ( http://www.cebit-america.com/1909 ) . Frankly , I am happy for the efficiencies created by barcodes , and this is an inevitable successor . Note that it is the= lowest cost provider , Wal-Mart , seeking even greater efficiencies= which is pioneering the tek . You'll be able to choose higher cost vendors for a long time to come . Colony described it as the extended internet - 14 billion connections by 2012 - a wire from companies to every product= they produce . He commented that one possibility facilitated by the= tek was automated garbage ( recycling ) sorting - which is the= major cost . The basic tek has been around on larger scales for some time in= "ez-pass" sensors and railroad car and container identification= . -- On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 00:12:36 EDT, WTurtleNY@aol.com wrote: >=A0RFID chips in products you buy. =A0See following site: >=A0http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/rfid.asp --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/06/28 11:08:43 AM