RFID CHIPS USED TO TRACK DEAD
Source: NYTimes
Disaster relief crews are adopting radio frequency tags to help them identify victims of Hurricane Katrina. These RFID chips from VeriChip are used in an effort to speed up the process of identifying victims and providing information to families.
Advocates say that implanting chips into humans will one day help doctors and emergency medical personnel rapidly access an individual's medical history or identify them. The idea for the technology came when an employee of Applied Digital, VeriChip's parent company, watched emergency crews on TV trying to identify victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
RFID bracelets have also been adopted in prisons and jails to reduce inmate violence. Opponents, however, contend that embedding RFID chips into people will erode civil liberties and privacy. Several Christian groups also object, asserting the chips violate their beliefs.
Cross-checking the data will ideally enable workers and families to identify victims more rapidly. The RFID tags will allow relief workers to identify and find the body again. "While difficult to think about, such technologies will greatly assist in the disaster recovery efforts by speeding the process of cadaver processing, reducing error and facilitating the reunification of the deceased with their loved ones".
This reminds me of the relief operations carried out during the Tsunami in Tamil Nadu. A group of Techno geeks have used GPS systems to track people who have lost their families. GPS systems had proven good during the times. But RFID gone a step ahead and helped out people. The cost of deploying RFID's is more in comparison to the GPS systems used here and could not be used in ad-hoc situations as GPS systems have helped out.
Category:RFID
Source: NYTimes
Disaster relief crews are adopting radio frequency tags to help them identify victims of Hurricane Katrina. These RFID chips from VeriChip are used in an effort to speed up the process of identifying victims and providing information to families.
Advocates say that implanting chips into humans will one day help doctors and emergency medical personnel rapidly access an individual's medical history or identify them. The idea for the technology came when an employee of Applied Digital, VeriChip's parent company, watched emergency crews on TV trying to identify victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
RFID bracelets have also been adopted in prisons and jails to reduce inmate violence. Opponents, however, contend that embedding RFID chips into people will erode civil liberties and privacy. Several Christian groups also object, asserting the chips violate their beliefs.
Cross-checking the data will ideally enable workers and families to identify victims more rapidly. The RFID tags will allow relief workers to identify and find the body again. "While difficult to think about, such technologies will greatly assist in the disaster recovery efforts by speeding the process of cadaver processing, reducing error and facilitating the reunification of the deceased with their loved ones".
This reminds me of the relief operations carried out during the Tsunami in Tamil Nadu. A group of Techno geeks have used GPS systems to track people who have lost their families. GPS systems had proven good during the times. But RFID gone a step ahead and helped out people. The cost of deploying RFID's is more in comparison to the GPS systems used here and could not be used in ad-hoc situations as GPS systems have helped out.
Category:RFID
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