->Auto-ID: Tracking everything, everywhere

->Katherine Albrecht, CASPIAN

->[The following is an excerpt from the article, "Supermarket Cards: Tip of
->the Retail Surveillance Iceberg," accepted for Publication in the Denver
->University Law Review, June 2002]

->"In 5-10 years, whole new ways of doing things will emerge and
->gradually become commonplace. Expect big changes." - MIT's Auto-ID
->Center

A common microwave oven can disable most of that, if the item is mostly
nonmetallic.  A few seconds on the highest setting will destroy any
electronic component without damaging either the oven or the item.  Ever
put an unwanted CD in an oven?  Take an AOL disk, set it on a glass
tumbler in the middle of the oven.  Hit the highest setting for five
seconds.  Zap..

-c-

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