RFID is a technology that uses radio waves to automatically identify objects. It consists of small chip attached to antennas that can receive and respond to radio frequency queries from a transceiver. There are two main types - passive RFID, which has no internal power supply, and active RFID, which has an internal power supply. RFID is commonly used in supply chains for inventory management and tracking due to its information storage capabilities and ability to reduce errors. Some concerns about RFID include privacy and security if the chips were implanted in humans.

1. RFID
• Really
• F@*%
• Identity
• Deactivation
By Izzy Leonard
February 2013

2. RFID… history
• 1945
– Leon Theremin
- Espionage tool for the Soviet government
• The British invented a similar technology, the IFF
transponder. Used by allies in World War II to identify
airplanes as friend or foe.
• 1973
– Mario Cardullo
- Claims that his patent was the first true
ancestor of modern RFID.

3. RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)…
• Automatic Identification Method
– Stores and Retrieves Data using Tags or Transponders
• Can be attached or incorporated
• Contains Silicon Chips and Antennas
– Receive and Respond to Radio Frequency Queries from
Transceiver.

4. RFID… types
Passive
- No Internal Power Supply
- Quite Small in Size.
The smallest device can be measured at 0.15mm *
0.15mm.
- Most Common
Active
- Internal Power Supply
- Typically Beacon Tags
-transmit their tag data and ID at a predetermined
fixed interval

5. RFID… supply chains and inventory
• Locating Inventory in Stock
• Information Storage Capabilities
• Less Error

6. RFID… supply chains and
transparency
• Tracking Knowledge
• Safety and Security

7. RFID and the use in the HUMANBEING
In my option…
The good …
FDA approves implanted RFID chip for humans
I couldn’t come up with anything good
about having one of this “THING” implanted into
my body!

8. RFID and the use in the HUMANBEING
The BAD!!!
Who wants to walk into a business and have the
security able to see your entire medical history?

9. RFID and the use in the HUMANBEING
The Funny.