The Mark of the Beast
Check Out the New Gun That Allows Cops to Shoot and Capture Your DNA
09/25/2013 09:36
A new tool that would allow law enforcement to prevent criminals from running away or disappearing into a crowd before arrest was highlighted last week at The SHOT Show in Las Vegas.
The High Velocity DNA Tagging system by the U.K.-based security company Selectamark was introduced with police...
FDA Announces Plans to Track Medical Devices
09/22/2013 07:23
The FDA announced the creation of the final rule for a new system designed to provide a consistent method of identifying medical devices.
The FDA announced the creation of the final rule for a new system designed to provide a consistent method of identifying medical devices.
Called the unique...
Nymi biometric wristband authenticates your identity
09/11/2013 20:39
The latest iPhone features a biometric Home button, to help the device quickly authorise your access, but of course it is not the first gadget to go down this route.
New Scientist has highlighted another device that uses biometric information to save you remembering multiple passwords and the like....
Artist has chip placed inside his hand that reveals artwork when read by a smartphone
08/31/2013 07:49
The effect is produced using an RFID chip equipped with a tiny antenna
Chip was implanted in the fleshy part between the thumb and index finger
Placing a smartphone 1-2 cm close to the scar allows you to see artwork
In the name of art, New Yorker, Anthony Antonellis has undergone a gruesome...
This Guy Has a Digital Tattoo Viewable Only by Cellphone
08/24/2013 10:41
Recently, artist Anthony Antonellis paid a visit to a body modification specialist in Brooklyn, a unique practitioner whose expertise doesn’t lie in tattoos and piercings so much as splitting tongues and reshaping peoples’ ears to look like Legolas. Antonellis, however, had a different sort of...
1.5 Million Fans Willingly RFID-Chipped at Lollapalooza Raises Debate
08/07/2013 09:38
Hundreds of thousands of young and old alternative music fans lined up to willingly be tracked with RFID micro-chips at Lollapalooza in Chi-town in Chicago Friday.
The “non-removable wristbands” were provided by organizers for attendees to gain entrance to Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago’s...
Will iris scans be the way our children see their future?
08/06/2013 07:49
Six-year-old Susie is excited about her first day of school. She lets go of her mom's hand, looks back and waves at her as she climbs the steps of the big yellow school bus. When she reaches the top step, she presses her face against a machine that looks like binoculars — an iris scanner — which...
Brave New World of Biometric Identification
08/06/2013 07:40
Professor Margaret Hu’s important new article, “Biometric ID Cybersurveillance” (Indiana Law Journal), carefully and chillingly lays out federal and state government’s increasing use of biometrics for identification and other purposes. These efforts are poised to lead to a national biometric ID...
Smart cards, biometrics find fancy new uses
08/05/2013 05:57
“Mummy/Daddy, I'm in school now!” A mother receives the text message on her cellphone half an hour after her daughter left home for school. A microchip installed in the child’s identity card sent the message to her mother’s phone as soon as she entered the classroom.
Automated school roll-calls...
School District Decides to End 'Mark Of The Beast' Student ID Chips
07/26/2013 07:35
A San Antonio school district ended its controversial microchip locator program in student identification cards recently after a student sued the district over the policy, claiming it violated her religious beliefs and even compared it to the "mark of the beast" in the Bible.
The Northside...
Radio Frequency Chips
Data Tattoo