Thursday, May 14, 2009
Enhanced Driver License (RFID)
A Briggs recommends that all regular international travelers who reside in one of the issuing states apply for an EDL.
Washington State is the first state to issue the license, New York State is the second and the others states are following.
The EDL can be used exactly like the new passport card now issued by the U.S. State Department; that is, it can be used in lieu of the passport card or passport book for entering and leaving the U.S. ONLY for land and sea crossings. U.S. citizens traveling by air to any international destination must have a passport book – the traditional passport.
You cannot use an EDL or a passport card for international air travel to any destination out of the U.S, including Canada and Mexico.
Washington State has ads available for use online in the public domain. The purpose of the ads is to promote the use of the EDL for persons who will cross into Canada from Washington State.
Only U.S. citizens can apply for the EDL. When doing so, citizens must present proof of citizenship as a part of the driver’s license process application process. The cost is $25 to $30 higher than the regular driver’s license. The EDL gives the holder the right to drive a vehicle, it proves the identity of the holder, and it proves the U.S. citizenship of the holder. For more information, contact the DMV in the issuing state. Applicants for an EDL must be a legal resident of the state in which they are applying for an EDL. Citizens of states not issuing an EDL cannot obtain one and must apply for either a passport card or a passport book.
Because the passport card is restricted in use for crossing borders only by land and sea and cannot be used for international air travel, A Briggs recommends securing a passport book – the traditional passport.
The Department of Homeland Security claims EDLs will “make it quicker and easier to cross the border back into the United States because they will contain
* A vicinity Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip that will signal a computer to pull up your biographic and biometric data for the CBP [Customs and Border Patrol] Officer as you pull up to the border, and
* A Machine Readable Zone or barcode that the CBP officer can read electronically if RFID isn’t available.”
No personally identifiable information will be stored on the EDL’s RFID chip or be transmitted by the EDL. The EDL uses a unique identification number which will link to the information contained in a secure database. This number will not contain any personal information.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Human Tracking
Notice how this company introduces the RFID Chip as a life saving element.
To monitor products and livestock.
Digital Angel GPS and RFID products are utilized around the world to save lives, ensure the safety of our food supply, reunite loved ones and improve the quality of life. We are a leading developer of technologies that enable the rapid and accurate identification, location tracking, and condition monitoring of what is important to people. Applications of our products include identification and monitoring of pets and fish with our implantable RFID microchips, identification of livestock with our ear tags, GPS based search and rescue beacons for aircraft, ships, boats, and individuals.
Step 2:
Now there agenda reveals itself, and humans are to monitored and controlled.
VeriChip Corporation is the world's premier Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) company for people. VeriChip serves primarily the healthcare market with a range of market-leading identification, location, and protection solutions. From the first and only patented, FDA-cleared, human-implantable RFID microchip to the only patented, wearable active RFID tag with skin-sensing capabilities, VeriChip leads the way in state-of-the-art RFID technologies.
Every day, the unexpected and sometimes unthinkable occurs. An elderly patient in a nursing home wanders off. A baby is abducted from a maternity ward. An incapacitated patient is brought into an emergency ward without any identification. VeriChip Corporation specializes in helping to safeguard people with the most advanced identification technology.
VeriChip offers a wide range of RFID security solutions, including:
- Infant protection - offering hospitals a means to prevent infant abductions and accidental mother-baby switching
- Wander prevention - installed in over 3,000 long-term facilities and helping provide residents with mobility in specified areas while preventing them from wandering off
- VeriMed™ Patient Identification System - seamlessly retrieves stored medical records information within milliseconds. By waving the proprietary VeriMed scanner within close proximity of the chip, the individual's identification information and medical history can be retrieved to communicate accurate information when necessary - particularly for diabetic, emergency care, cardiac care or memory-impaired individuals.
- Asset tracking – providing accurate and immediate tracking of assets or personnel within a hospital or hospital department.
As a personal identification and security technology, the VeriMed system can complement or replace more expensive biometric technologies that identify individuals by their unique biological or physical characteristics - such as fingerprints, voiceprints, retina characteristics or face recognition points.
VeriChip, by contrast, relies on implanted, tamperproof, microchip technology that provides access to a database containing pertinent information about the person. This information can save lives in medical emergencies and can facilitate security measures that would be difficult or impossible to implement using alternative security systems.