
While we've long discussed both the benefits and nefarious uses of
RFID (see:
stalking people, or
hacking their passports), but IBM's got a new purpose for wireless tags that could benefit pharmaceuticals. IBM announced that it will include RFID tags on drug packages as a way to track and verify the authenticity of a particular substance. Next thing you know our nanobot controlled interiors are going to be analyzing embedded RFID in order to decide whether harmful drug interactions will occur if fully digested and metabolized. Ah, the miracles of science.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
fred @ Dec 16th 2006 4:54AM
first comment!
Fl @ Dec 16th 2006 5:36AM
http://www.aegate.com already does this
Chris Clauss @ Dec 17th 2006 2:00PM
Aegate does not do this. This IBM announcement is about automatic counterfeit detection based on open standards, not on proprietary systems.
mathew @ Dec 16th 2006 8:44AM
Somehow I suspect the real market for it is combatting grey market imports.