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February 20, 2007
RFID Gazette Names 25 Top Influencers in RFID Industry
RFID Gazette lobs a stinging backhand to VeriChip Corporation in its new list of the 25 Top Influencers in the RFID Industry. The publication names VeriChip CEO Scott Silverman to its number one influencer spot, yet calls him "scary." The Gazette also strongly suggests investors do a double take before buying "CHIP" stock:
"Implanted with an RFID device (supposedly), Silverman has become the poster boy for RFID implantation (tagging) while trying to nudge top government officials into implanting his company's products into immigrants, babies, soldiers, and patients. Before you make contact with this company, you might glance through the nearly 20 pages of risk factors recently published in VeriChip's Form S-1 Registration Statement (CHIP), a requirement mandated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). You'll discover why investors haven't jumped on this IPO or on the idea of tagging in general (52-week range over a three-month period to date = $5.67 - $6.99 per share, although VeriChip initially set the price at $6.50-$8.50 per share)."
DHS head Michael Chertoff takes spot two on the Gazette's Top 25 list, and CASPIAN's Dr. Katherine Albrecht and I are pegged at numbers 3 and 4.
See the whole story here: http://www.rfidgazette.org/2007/02/25_top_influenc.html
- Liz McIntyre
Posted by liz at February 20, 2007 6:14 PM
Comments
Regarding newest RFID chips that are scaled to size of human hair, is this an opportunity for a personal EMP 'shower' device.
Posted by: Bob Shaw at February 25, 2007 7:20 PM
I don't know much about spychips, RFID or GPS devices, so I was suprised to have this dream last night:
I was at a mall where they were having a promotion for a new bra called the Cuddle Soft, or something like that. The bra was very smooth, no lines and came in many pastel colours. Their 'logo' was a bear, and they had bears in the same colours as the bras - like the Grateful Dead bears, but pastels.
The company's gimmick was a GPS (global positioning system) tracker in every bra. They had a slogan, something along the lines of, "We know woman love wearing our bras, because we can show you everywhere they're being worn right now!"
They had a video display showing area maps and moving dots showing the women in their bras. Women were buying them like crazy to be one of the dots on the map.
Posted by: Jessica at March 8, 2007 6:26 PM