Sunday, February 24, 2008

FutureWatch - Pimping your ride with RFID

First Singapore, then Bermuda, then...?

Here what happened in Bermuda...
"The Bermuda Government is issuing vehicle owners with credit card sized stickers containing a RFID chip and it is expected that every vehicle in Bermuda will carry one within a year or two.
The scheme is mandatory and a $10,000 penalty applies if owners remove the chips. RFID readers are being placed in telephone poles and buildings throughout Bermuda, which enable authorities to monitor the past and present location of vehicles and record the speed at which they are traveling. The information is being sent to high speed computers that calculate everything you could possibly imagine about a travellers journey, even the route taken." (more)

The handwriting is on your windshield.
Look for government to pimp your ride, next.
Hey, they even call it something benign and acceptable.
...like EZ-Pass, Ipass or UneedaPass.