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[Stapleton-gray.com] Surpriv: RFID Surveillance and Privacy: Applications relevant to the workplace and home will be explored that will integrate RFID capabilities with other ubiquitous computing technologies. Systems issues to be explored include: innovative RFID tags with additional sensing, middleware and operating-system support for sensing/actuation events, database organization based on distributed data on servers and tags, mining of sensing/actuation events to infer users activities, and ubiquitous computing applications for the workplace.

[Blog.librarylaw.com] LibraryLaw Blog: New RFID bill in California would prohibit RFID ...: We spent a great deal of time speaking with committee staff regarding our concerns, and ultimately the thorough 11 page committee analysis posed the question: “The Committee may wish to explore with the author the possibility of permitting all educational institutions and libraries to use RFID technology with security protections.” Despite the consultant’s argument, the author was resistant to exempting public libraries from the bill, but agreed to exempt higher education, partially because the UC system, according to the analysis, “had already invested several million dollars into RFID technology for use on its campuses and in its libraries.” At this hearing, a large coalition of opponents turned out, representing various electronics groups, including the American Electronics Association, Oracle, Texas Instruments, etc. and even the state’s own Department of Consumer Affairs who is concerned with Homeland Security issues.

 [Rfid-weblog.com] The RFID Weblog: Main Page - Implementation and Application of ...: Brooks Automation (Germany) GmbH and the system integrator Avanade deliver their RFID Reader System to Singapore.The South-East Asian distributor and supplier of automation components Intermech Machinery has decided on this RFID solution to improve the efficiency of its new production plant in Tuas, Singapore. The RFID system enables more efficient assessment of the current stand of production and the inventory and considerably reduces the costs of completing orders.In their new trade building Intermech Machinery is one of the first companies in the automation field to rely fully on RFID technology.

[Libraryrfid.net] RFID in Libraries: While support-ing the “well-founded and appropriate” privacy principles of the Council Resolution, Walters stated that the concern of the PLA is that the technology section of the Guidelines as per the current draft, could have a “chilling” effect on libraries who might be interested in exploring or adopting RFID. He opined that this section “prematurely prohibits the uses of RFID,” and that the document “under-represents the benefits of the technology.” The head of the Fayetteville PL noted the extraordinary benefits resulting from their RFID implementation, which has lead to a three-fold increase in circulation.

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