April 01, 2004
MIT Prof Suggests RFID Usage in Credit Cards
BBC News reports:
"A leading professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has suggested using radio tags in credit cards as a kind of virtual signature.
"Professor Ted Selker said the way someone moved their finger over the card would alter the radio transmission, producing a signal unique to that person. ...
"The idea of putting radio tags in credit cards is not as far-fetched as it sounds. Mastercard has been experimenting with the technology, known as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)." Read more
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