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Hi, this is Reality. Do you actually know what RFID tags are? They are not tracking devices. These are small, passive electronics. They have no power, they don't "track" anything.

Adding GPS would take this thing from being a $0.09 piece of cardboard an conductive ink to being a hundreds of dollars device. How's it going to be powered? What's it going to report to? What good is a GPS tagger that has to pass within a few feet of a reader?

I don't think you've thought you your "version 2.0" very well. I doubt very much these will even make it to 2.0

Incidentally, anyone who wants to play with RFID now can get a nice open-source kit from Phidgets. They have distributors across the planet.

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=2002

Costs a little more, but you can do whatever you want with it.
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Bah, geek hipsters.]]>Sep 8th 2008 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/
Bah, herd followers.]]>Sep 8th 2008 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/Sep 8th 2008 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/
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And the cuecat didn't require RFID, just a barcode.]]>Sep 8th 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/
And yes, I'm aware they don't track things, I meant to "keep track of." For loaning things out.]]>Sep 8th 2008 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/Sep 8th 2008 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/Sep 8th 2008 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/Sep 8th 2008 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/
person A walks by a person B with an RFID reader
Person B gets the code (if not encrypted, which is the majority of cases out there)
Person B walks to the actual control point and sticks this on the reader
Security comprised? ]]>Sep 8th 2008 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/
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Tagikit :)
]]>Sep 8th 2008 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/
Its good to see Alcatel-Lucent investing money in pink elephants. What next guys, the light bulb?

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- put these things on food. just walk right out the door with em' on, tally it up faster. use a freakin' metal detector or somethin'. get creative people. this stuff sounds pretty cool.
- replace barcodes on rental cars, use them to track luggage in airports, tie one to a credit card and speed up shopping purchases or something (press a keypad and your done?), put those chips into credit cards and swipe them differently (i hate those keypads!). debating the evils is funny, but seriously, this is fucking sweet.

and that whole trackin people thing isn't gonna work. your really only afraid of convience/THE FUTURE.

gimme a jetpack.]]>Sep 9th 2008 2:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/]]>Sep 9th 2008 4:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/Sep 9th 2008 4:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/Sep 9th 2008 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/Sep 9th 2008 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/tikitag-promises-to-bring-rfid-tags-to-everything/Sep 9th 2008 7:43AM