Ten Best, Worst, and Craziest Uses of RFID

An anonymous reader writes "This top 10 rounds up what it calls 'the best, worst and craziest' uses of RFID out there — including chipped kids at Legoland, smart pub tables that let you order drinks, smartcards for sports fans, and chipped airline passengers. The craziest use of the tech surely has to be RFID chips for Marks & Spencer suits — you couldn't pay most people to wear one of them."

"tagging beta"

[dwandy]

I get the first tag on this article, but what's "beta" got to do with RFID?

Japs got right way to use RFID

[holywarrior21c]

oh who are you little one? lets see...(reads the rfid reader) oh you are my ex girl friends 2nd child? ha h how..!!

What about the covertly installed chips?

[Anonymous Coward]

The use of RFID that I worry about most are the chips that the government installs on us that we don't know about. These days they have been using air-guns to shoot them at unsuspecting citizens. All you hear is a slight buzzing and feel what feels and looks like a mosquito bite, and BAM! -- you're being tracked. I think this practice is just plain wrong and should be stopped. In the meantime, stay away from wooded or swampy areas because for some reason this is where these agents tend to hang out.

Users protest

[Anonymous Coward]

Steve B. of Redmond, WA, roundly condemned the inclusion of accelerometer-enabled RFID tags in chairs.
"I mean", he reported, "they're meant to stop abuse on the furniture, but they can be used to track the whereabouts of individuals who set them suddenly into motion. I don't know who is responsible for this initiative, but if I knew, I'd fucking kill them".

Re:chipped kids? Ok

[Quiet_Desperation]

As a parent I have to say that having my child chipped at an amusement park is just fine.

As a non-parent who does not like kids and avoids them when I can, I'm just fine with your kid being chipped, too. The only addition I'd make is the ability to deliver a small electrical shock when they are being annoying, or "precious" as their parents descirbe it.

Cold hearted? Yes.

Re:chipped kids? Ok

[Anonymous Coward]

I see more use in a device that gives the *parents* an electric shock, based on the number of decibels the child produces.

Re:chipped kids? Ok

[iamdrscience]

paedophiles don't need rfid to locate a lone child, just reasonable observation skills.

You are, of course, ignoring the boost this technology will give to blind pedophiles.

Re:chipped kids? Ok

[AdamKG]

I see more use in a device that gives the *parents* an electric shock, based on the number of decibels the child produces.

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So, did that hurt?

Re:Unheard of!

[theshowmecanuck]

In the U.S. and Canada it is mostly a combination of both. There is a bar you can sit at and order drinks, or you can sit at a table. In most places if you sit at a table a waitress (better for the business as in most cases a female can get male drinkers to drink more) or waiter will come and take your order. The bartender at the bar serves drinks to the customers sitting there, and fills orders brought by the waitresses and waiters. I am pretty sure I have also seen this set up in Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands, the Philippines, and I think in some nightclubs in England... but that was a while ago so I am not sure.

RTFA

[JourneyExpertApe]

The RFID chips are in the drinks. As you leave, they scan your belly so they know how much your tab was.