NFL gets in on the RFID action
Master Card's PayPass system will be used in Seattle and Baltimore throughout the upcoming football season. Master Card will be working with
MBNA to produce branded credit cards that will also accumulate points that consumers can use to obtain merchandise from their respective teams. The
Seahawks and
Ravens have chosen the PayPass system to help reduce concession lines.
Article here.
Visa brings out RFID enabled credit cards
Visa has come out with
credit cards that have RFID technology in them. Now we wait to see if any card issuers will pick up the card or if retailers will replace their current card readers. The big questions is if the public will accept the cards as being
secure enough.
RFID Nuts and Bolts
The best RFID primer I've seen so far is from
RFID Journal. If your looking to get up to speed,
this is your best bet.
rfid-blog is now online
In the following days, I will attempt to get this blog up to speed with postings on the basics of RFID, exciting applications in the RFID world, as well as some opinion pieces...Stay tuned.