A fluid resource for RFID articles in the news, collected to show the technology in a large range of commercial applications.
E-Passports
E-Passports are sprouting up all aroun the glove and they all feature an RFID chip inside. At the U.S. Department of State website’s Frequently Asked Questions page one will find, “To ensure that only authorized RFID readers can read data, Basic Access Control stores a pair of secret cryptographic keys in the passport chip.” Now it has been proven that e-passports can be hacked and cloned, but the U.S. passport has not been broken yet.
U.S. Department of State E-Passport
PC World: US Prepping RFID Passports
Engadget e-Passport compilation
Retail
IBM commercial featuring a futuristic supermarket using RFID to eliminate tedious checkout lines.
Prada’s flagship store in New York City features RFID in every item on the floor.
American Apparel implements RFID at the item-level
Tokyo department store trials RFID tags embedded in make-up to simulate what it would look like on wearer. The store also tracks which samples are selected most frequently.
Supply-Chain
Wal-Mart long known as a primary force behind the adoption of RFID in the supply-chain, declared they will begin to fine suppliers not in compliance with their RFID mandate.
