Friday, January 05, 2007
Tokyo To Blanket Ginza With RFID Tags
"The Tokyo Ubiquitous Network Project has announced plans to blanket the Ginza region of Tokyo, the most popular shopping district, with 10,000 RFID tags and other wireless technologies to provide shopper-assistance and location-based services.

The trial starts later this month, and will feature a specially-designed handheld equipped with RFID, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity. This handheld can rented by visitors, though the vision is that the service should be available on compatible phone handsets.

The thousands of RFID tags are used to identify where the user is; each has a unique serial number which is sent to a central server that responds with local information and directions if required.

The device will also automatically display special offers in nearby shops, and give information about the various retailers in each of the many buildings in the area."

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In Case U Missed It...
"Secret radar technology research that will allow the biggest-ever extension of 'Big Brother'-style surveillance in the UK is being funded by the Government. The radical new system, which has outraged civil liberties groups, uses mobile phone masts to allow security authorities to watch vehicles and individuals 'in real time' almost anywhere in Britain.

The technology 'sees' the shapes made when radio waves emitted by mobile phone masts meet an obstruction. Signals bounced back by immobile objects, such as walls or trees, are filtered out by the receiver. This allows anything moving, such as cars or people, to be tracked. Previously, radar needed massive fixed equipment to work and transmissions from mobile phone masts were thought too weak to be useful. The system works wherever a mobile phone can pick up a signal. By using receivers attached to mobile phone masts, users of the new technology could focus in on areas hundreds of miles away and bring up a display showing any moving vehicles and people.

An individual with one type of receiver, a portable unit little bigger than a laptop computer, could even use it as a 'personal radar' covering the area around the user. Researchers are working to give the new equipment 'X-ray vision' - the capability to 'see' through walls and look into people's homes."

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1 Comments:
Anonymous Anonymous said...
if that's what they're telling us about, consider what's in their black bags.

these people are sick. by "these people", i mean (most) everyone. from the gov and pseudogov enities and individuals who think up and design this crap, to the good citizens who allow it. say goodnye to getting away with anything illegal like smoking ganja in your car, home, or anywhere. also say goodbye to doing anything that you might consider embarrassing, like wanking, reading subversive literature, or taking an unusually noisy shit.

have fun!