An ATM card under your skin - MSNMC
Radio frequency identification tags aren't just for pallets of goods in supermarkets anymore. Applied Digital Solutions (ADS) of Palm Beach, Fla., is hoping that Americans can be persuaded to implant RFID chips under their skin to identify themselves when going to a cash machine or in place of using a credit card.

Sweden tests bio-ID cards - CNN International
Frequent flyers on Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) are taking part in one of the first biometric identification trials that is using...

Bio-chip implant arrives for cashless transactions - WND
At a global security conference held today in Paris, an American company announced a new syringe-injectable microchip implant for humans, designed to be used as a fraud-proof payment method for cash and credit-card transactions.

Electronic RFID door locks - Dial Infolink Manufacturing, Australia
E-lock electronic radio frequency identification (RFID) door locks provide cost-effective, secure access control for stand-alone single door installations.

Privacy groups seek moratorium on RFID tags - Out-Law.com, UK
Over thirty consumer, privacy and civil liberties groups have called for a voluntary moratorium on the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags...

Applied Digital Solutions' Announces Secure Solution for Payment & Transactions - Business Wire
Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSX) an advanced technology development company, announced that the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Scott R. Silverman, in his speech today at the ID World 2003 in Paris, France, revealed the Company's newest subdermal RFID solution called VeriPay(TM). VeriPay is intended to be a secure, subdermal RFID (radio frequency identification) payment technology for cash and credit transactions. About the size of a grain of rice, VeriChip(TM) is the world's first subdermal, radio frequency identification (RFID) microchip that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and other applications.

Singapore urges use of biometric passports to restrict terrorists - Channel News Asia
Singapore has urged countries to develop and use biometric passports as soon as possible as part of efforts to make the Asia Pacific more ...

RFID: Promise and Peril - Extreme Tech
A scannable badge that lets you into your building at work and an E-ZPass or similar device that lets you drive on toll roads without stopping to pay are examples of RFID technology. But as the technology gets smaller and less expensive, these applications are the tip of a huge iceberg. We're moving toward a world where many semiconductor devices can be printed instead of grown and etched in silicon by expensive equipment.

RFID Backers, Privacy Advocates Seek Common Ground - Tech Web
Consumers must be given notice if radio-frequency identification chips are ever used on individual products and packaging, and they need to be better educated about the technology's benefits and potential for misuse. Privacy advocates and RFID backers appeared to agree on at least that much Saturday at a workshop on RFID and privacy involving several hundred representatives of RFID technology producers and users, privacy advocates, academics, and technologists. But the conference also showed that the two sides have a lot of work to do to find common ground.

Smart cards break out of traditional roles as chips advance - EE Times Online
... in Japan and South Korea, national ID cards, driver's licenses valid across the European Union and next- generation passports and visas that store biometric...

Businesses' fingerprint policies stir controversy - Atlanta Journal Constitution
... terrorists. Some even are looking at fingerprints -- a form of biometric identification -- to improve customer convenience.

Wal-Mart puts big bucks into tracking tech - ZDNet.com
The system is based on a technology known as radio frequency identification (RFID), a new breed of computer network designed to track the location of everyday...

Passport eye scans to halt identity fraud - Melbourne Herald Sun
... Revolutionary facial recognition technology and other biometric features such as fingerprint, iris, retina and gait identification will be included in the new...

European Union: Citizens on file - Green Left, Australia
... Additionally, anybody from a non-EU state seeking entry or requesting an EU a resident's permit will have his or her biometric features registered.

Chipping away at your privacy - Chicago Sun Times
... The study involved a new technology, known as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), that enables retailers to use radio signals to electronically track...

Oldest Living Start-Up Tells All - New York Times
RFco is one of several start-ups trying to ride a revolution by making low-power chips that can handle all kinds of radio frequencies for data and voice transmission.

Gore Denounces Bush on Civil Liberties - OneWorld
Former Vice President Al Gore says the Bush White House is using the Sept. 11 terror attacks to justify a major offensive against the freedoms and liberties Americans have enjoyed for centuries. "They have taken us much farther down the road toward an intrusive, 'big brother'-style government - toward the dangers prophesied by George Orwell in his book '1984' - than anyone ever thought would be possible in the United States of America," Gore charged in a speech.

Wal-Mart Plan Could Cost Suppliers Millions - New York Times
Wal-Mart's plan to have every carton and palette it receives carry a radio ID tag may cost suppliers millions, a report says.

Britain Plans to Introduce Identity Cards
AP reports, "The British government said Tuesday it wants to introduce compulsory identity cards to protect against illegal immigration, welfare fraud and terrorism - though implementation is years away."

VeriChip Corporation: Sales of Subdermal RFID VeriChip to Europe
Business Wire reports, "Applied Digital Solutions, Inc., an advanced technology development company, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, VeriChip Corporation, has received a purchase order for 400 VeriChips and 34 handheld scanners from its exclusive distributor for Russia and Switzerland. These VeriChip sales represent the first to countries in the European region. About the size of a grain of rice, VeriChip(TM) is the world's first subdermal, radio frequency identification (RFID) microchip that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and other applications."

How to Manage All That RFID Data - RFID Journal
There's a great deal of talk about creating real-time companies, and a great deal of concern about how to cope with the expected flood of RFID data.

Wal-Mart, DoD Weigh In On RFID - InternetNews.com
The Bentonville, Ark.-based-company is meeting with their top 100 suppliers beginning Tuesday to set radio frequency identification (RFID) compliance standards.

INTEL Preps New Wireless Sensor Technology - eWeek
... Eventually, Intel hopes to use the motes to develop a superior form of radio frequency identification (RFID) tag to identify and monitor individual wafers...

Radio Tags Face Technical Hurdles, Deadlines
Reuters reports, "Small tags that use radio frequencies to gather information are turning up as a potential replacement to the UPC code that keeps tabs on consumer goods, and technology companies are betting they will emerge as the next hot thing. But that may not happen any time soon, analysts say, because radio frequency identification tags still don't work that well. The tags fall far below the 99 percent reliability rate of UPC tags because of the difficulty of transmitting clean radio signals. At 20 cents to 30 cents apiece, plus the cost of altering packaging lines to accommodate them, the tags are also too expensive for most companies to use."

Medical fears may hamper biometrics - CNet
Companies and organisations that are keen to implement biometric systems may face opposition from some users who are afraid that they could be a health risk.