Somark Innovations, a biotech startup, has developed a chipless and antenna-less asset identification and tracking system for animals and even food.
Radio frequency identification technology is a valuable tool for tracking livestock, but the button-size RFID tags stapled into animals' ears can fall off, and glass-encased RFID tags injected into skin can migrate deeper into the body and become unreadable. Somark Innovations, a St. Louis biotech startup, thinks it has a better solution: a permanent ink tattoo that relies on radio frequency waves to read and render unique identification numbers.
The chipless and antenna-less asset identification and tracking system uses biocompatible, translucent ink that can be tattooed onto livestock, pets, laboratory animals and even food, such as meat or fruit. The tattoo is applied using a micro-needle, which is actually a geometric array of many tiny needles, and each tattoo is made up of a unique pattern....Grund Comment, "heh, when I was reading this I thought, Hey this really *is* a mark of the beast, get it? Its a cow, thats a beast.. heh... But that joke being said, This is scary stuff, I'll be posting more..."
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Friday, January 4, 2008
RFID Tattoos - Mark of the Beast?
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I hate having to fill out a form just to post a comment, but I have had to add that thing where you have to type in the letters that you see in the graphic to be able to post a comment, because I was getting nasty spam stuff. You can still choose anonymous.
If you have relevant links or resources, please put them in the comments and I will certainly check them out!