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RFID "Tagged" documentary on TVO in Canada

RFID “Tagged” documentary on TVO in Canada

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

The “Tagged” documentary I’m in is airing tonight in Canada on TVO. Be sure to read my break-down after you see it!

Resetting HP iLO passwords through software!

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

I run several HP DL360 servers with iLO cards in them, and one day I tried to access one of those servers via the iLO card and couldn’t authenticate. I thought “Hmm, I must have set the password incorrectly”, then started to search the web for a solution. The accepted solution was to power down […]

The FBI wants to be biometric central

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

“The FBI today is announcing a rapid DNA initiative,” said Louis Grever, executive assistant director of the FBI’s science and technology branch, during his keynote presentation at the Biometric Consortium Conference in Tampa. The FBI is expanding beyond its traditional fingerprint collection practices to develop a new biometrics system that will include DNA records, 3-D […]

Four questions about employer sponsored RFID implants for employees

Four questions about employer sponsored RFID implants for employees

Friday, October 9th, 2009

A guy named Wesley just posted four questions he had about employer sponsored RFID implantation on my RFID Toys book forum. They were good questions, so I decided to post his questions and my response here on my blog. I have four questions which will help validate my claim that RFID is useful in expediting […]

Using enhanced biometrics to detect intent?

Using enhanced biometrics to detect intent?

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

The Department of Homeland Security is funding a project called Future Attribute Screening Technology, or FAST. The idea is that sensors and cameras located at security checkpoints would measure the natural physiological signals coming from your body — your heart rate, breathing, eye movement, body temperature and fidgeting. Researchers believe the culmination of which would […]

IBM working on a cheap, fast DNA reader chip

IBM working on a cheap, fast DNA reader chip

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

The concept of reading a person like a barcode is not a new one, it has come up constantly for me every time I deal with people calling me “Satan’s Mouthpiece” (yes, I got emails calling me that). But the difference between my RFID implants and a generic DNA reader that can cheaply, quickly, and […]

New Dell Latitude Z has some sweet wireless features

New Dell Latitude Z has some sweet wireless features

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

There are plenty of reviews of the fancy new Dell Latitude Z out there, so I won’t bother going into those details. The one detail I think is really cool is a wireless inductive charging option that lets you just set the laptop down on a little pad and it will charge wirelessly. Of course, […]

DNA based biometric screening makes its “horrifying” début

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Technologies designed to quickly test a persons race for the purpose of allowing political asylum have been developed and are currently being used by the UK Border Agency. Science has obtained Border Agency documents showing that isotope analyses of hair and nail samples will also be conducted “to help identify a person’s true country of […]

A video surveillance system that can make decisions

Monday, September 21st, 2009

The AISight™ Cognitive Video Analytics™ software takes visual input from either a live camera or recorded video, learns what activities and behaviors are normal, and generates real-time alerts that notify appropriate security personnel of potentially threatening behaviors. Unlike rules-based video-analytics software, the intelligent AISight solution identifies threats and behaviors that were not previously defined or […]

A multifaceted approach to identity checking

A multifaceted approach to identity checking

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

If you want to see the forefront of public surveillance and identification technologies, look no further than London. For the last 10 years, the UK has been the leader at deploying these new technologies in order to monitor and account for its citizenry. However this latest program is hoped to be a trial run and […]

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