Re: [OT] Personal RF locator

[Richard Malcolm-Smith <rich@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian Lowe wrote:
> I think that HP development (compaq had something similar in place at
the=
ir
> Richmond offices) was kinda rolled into the various RFID proposals.
>=20
> I'm quite fascinated by the idea, but obviously privacy activists (I
> hesitate to say "nuts", bacuse they might have a point) are
terrified by =
the
> idea of RFIDs in common use.
>=20
> I actively looked at getting myself "tagged" a year or so
back, using the
> same technology that my Dog has - it's very easy in principle, but
more t=
han
> a little costly. Whereas a dog can get tagged for about =A340, (even
incl=
uding
> a smart tag that even relays the animal's temperature!) doing the same
fo=
r a
> human will have you looking at the wrong end of 3-4 hundred pounds.
>=20
> With RFID scanners becoming more easily available all the time, it
would =
be
> kinda cool to have the ultimate "am I home" occupancy
detection... :)

Not at all that much.

Get the chip - samples are a good source from vendors, and then go see
your=
=20
local body piercist/tattoist place and they can put it in.




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