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March 20, 2006
RFID Chipped chompers
Chipped chompers could take a bite out of privacy if Belgian scientists convince the public to open wide and say "ahhhh" to spychips. Dr. Patrick Thevissen and his team from the Catholic University of Leuven think embedded RFID tags in teeth would be an ideal way to uniquely identify people, according to an article in The Register today. After all, they note, teeth are the most enduring of human remains, and certain RFID tags can withstand temperature changes in excess of 800 degreees Farenheit.
The university's interest in identifying humans with RFID should come as no surprise. Members and associated members of one of the university's consortiums, Leuven Security Excellence Consortium, include Philips, HP, Sun Microsystems, and IBM, among others.
- Liz McIntyre
Posted by liz at March 20, 2006 9:20 AM