Time: Mon Sep 15 05:02:35 1997 by usr01.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id EAA26210; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 04:57:12 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 04:56:55 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: [PRIVACY] TechWeb (fwd) <snip> > >>Subject: TechWeb > >>> [TechSearch] >>> Search Home Advanced Search Search Hints Search the Web >>> >>> [Image] >>> >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------- >>> February 03, 1997, Issue: 939 >>> Section: News >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Biometry: human-tracking system goes global >>> >>> By Larry Lange >>> >>> Stanford, Calif. - Biometric identification using such >>> technologies as fingerprint and retinal scanning is well >>> under way worldwide. After debuting in Australia in 1987, >>> national computerized fingerprint systems exist in >>> several countries. The Japanese telco giant NTT is >>> developing a fingerprint-recognition method, and the U.S. >>> Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories is >>> assessing equipment from several vendors in the retinal >>> scanning industry, including EyeDentify (Baton Rouge, >>> La.) and Recognition Systems Inc. (Campbell, Calif.) >>> >>> Transponder technology is routinely implanted in animals: >>> the pet market most predominantly, at 3 million ID chips >>> and counting. LifeChip, produced by the Destron Fearing >>> Corp. (St. Paul, Minn.), and the Trovan electronic >>> identification tag, from Electronic Identification >>> Devices Ltd. (Santa Barbara, Calif.), offer a chip etched >>> with a 10- or 64-bit ID code. Available for $10 at local >>> animal shelters, the chips are small enough to inject >>> with a syringe, and the ID number is read by a handheld >>> scanner. >>> >>> These implantable transponders are finding their way into >>> the livestock industry as well, with tags implanted in >>> pigs, sheep, cows and horses. Texas Instruments Inc. is >>> also manufacturing an alternative called Tiris, a >>> radio-frequency identification technology for vehicle >>> identification and livestock monitoring. >>> >>> Though the Trovan dealer's agreement prohibits placing a >>> chip under human skin, there's nothing to say one can't >>> be worn on a bracelet, and such devices are being >>> utilized by nursing-home and prison administrators to >>> track people. Even ski resorts are putting the chips >>> inside lift tickets. >>> >>> Widespread tracking of human beings is not far away. The >>> Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency >>> recently awarded Eagle Eye Technologies (Oak Hill, Va.) a >>> contract to build a bracelet-sized mobile terminal >>> designed for compatibility with existing satellite >>> communication systems. The contract is overseen by the >>> U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command at >>> Huntsville, Ala. Suggested uses, according to Eagle Eye, >>> include "tracking Alzheimer's patients, children, >>> executives, probationers and parolees, and military >>> personnel"-a market that could conceivably encompass the >>> world's entire populace in just a few decades. >>> >>> So-called smart cards are widely catching on, too. The >>> DOD's Multi Technology Automated Reader Card (MARC) looks >>> to "record, revise and transfer medical-treatment data" >>> and store soldiers' "readiness information," such as >>> personal, legal and medical information. The MARC card >>> was developed for President Clinton's abortive plan for >>> universal health care. >>> >>> France and Germany have incorporated all their >>> social-services data into national ID systems: Is the >>> United States, with its rich store of digital data, >>> poised to follow suit? >>> >>> Copyright ® 1997 CMP Media Inc. >>> >>> You can reach this article directly: >>> > http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?EET19970203S0090 >>> ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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