Transcript Part 1 - AIDC 100

RFID Tag:
A tiny chip connected to an antenna
Hitachi’s 0.3 mm mu chip
RFID tags in use at Extra “Future Store” in
Rheinberg, Germany
Unique ID number for all
physical objects
EPC: Electronic Product Code
Identifies Manufacturer and Item, and provides Unique ID
Tiny chips could be very hard to spot
Especially when “printed” onto
product packaging
"The vision is to move from the etched, solid metal
antennas to the printed antennas."
"Since radio waves travel through most packaging materials,
packagers...could print the antenna…inside of the box.
They could laminate it inside the package, or print it on
the outside and print over it."
– Dan Lawrence, Flint Ink
And they’re getting smaller.
Hitachi’s mu-chip contrasted with grains of rice
They can be integrated into paper
Inkode’s “chipless tag”:
Closeup of Inkode metal fibers embedded in paper
Tags can be sewn into clothing
Hidden in fabric labels
(Checkpoint prototype)
Back of Checkpoint clothing label
RFID tag in Checkpoint label
Embedded in shoes
A 6” tag is hard to hide.
Alien/RAFSEC “C” tag
Or is it?
Hidden: Sandwiched in cardboard
6” Alien/RAFSEC “C” tag inside a box
This tag (with a 17ft. read range)
is easy to spot, right?
Alien/RAFSEC “I” Tag
Not when “placed inside cap” – an
inaccessible location on this flip-top product
Alien/RAFSEC “I” tag in lid of Pantene shampoo bottle
Another big tag (4.5”)
Alien/RAFSEC “S” Tag
“placed between layers of paper”
Alien/RAFSEC “S” Tag in Bag
The government has mandated
RFID in passports
Now they’re appearing in
credit cards
Traceable Cash
Japanese yen and Euro banknote
may soon carry RFID chips
Tracking people:
The “Verichip” implant
(short read range)
Industry has plans to
ID shoppers
“Future Store”
Spychip hidden in loyalty card
Threat: Ubiquitous readers
Texas Instruments advises retailers to scan customers’ loyalty cards right through their purse or wallet
Source: http://www.ti.com/tiris/docs/solutions/pos/loyalty.shtml
Outcome: 75 People protested in
Dallas just this month