European Retailer Embeds RFID Chips in Shoes

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070302/tc_pcworld/129528
John Blau, IDG News Service Fri Mar 2, 10:00 AM ET

One of Europe's largest shoe companies plans to embed wireless chips in shoes sold at hundreds of stores across the continent.

Under a deal announced Friday, Checkpoint Systems Inc. will provide Reno GmbH with RFID (radio frequency identification) tags and store tagging systems.

The tagging specialist will deliver wafer-thin RFID chips designed especially for shoes from its Asian production facilities, in addition to systems that allow check-out clerks to quickly and easily deactivate tagged products.
That will "allow". Not "force". Why inject it into your skin when you just walk around with RFID tags all over your body? Chances are, one of them will still be activated...
By having the tags integrated into it shoes, Reno aims to curb theft for both boxed products and those on display, as well as shoes customers try on in the stores.
Anybody see "Minority Report"? Everywhere you walked, the environment knew who you were and was able to target messages to you specifically.
Reno has been using RFID technology to track product shipments from its factories to its stores for several years but has not yet used the technology to track individual products inside each store.

The shoe company, based in Thaleischweiler-Froschen, Germany, operates more than 700 stores in 15 countries. It is a member of the Hamm-Reno-Group GmbH & Co. KG (HR Group), which has more than 1,700 outlets across Europe.

Last year, Checkpoint Systems landed a deal with German retail giant Metro AG to supply RFID systems.

The German retail giant, with more 2,300 supermarkets and wholesale, department and electronics stores, is collaborating with several IT companies, including IBM Corp., Intel Corp. and SAP AG, and more than 40 additional consumer goods and technology suppliers to develop RFID systems for the retail sector.

RFID tagging is expected to be a main theme at this year's Cebit trade show, which begins March 15 in Hanover, Germany.
 
Here's similarly disturbing news from Popular Science's recent article about the future trends in the workplace:
Swingline, the stapler manufacturer, has come up with RFID tagged staples for tracking every document leaving an office. Of course, all such devices pale in comparison to the tomatoe-seed-sized RFID pellet that's injectable/implantable. I've been watching it's insidious marketing broaden each year: First it was touted for locating lost pets, then for keeping up with Alzheimer patients, next came the push to force pedophiles to have these injected/implanted. Add another 9-11 terrorizing by the government, followed by the launch of the CIA's bird flu, and then couple that with mandatory vacines enabled by recent emergency public health legislation, Then all's that's left to do is enact a "cashless" electronic money system and declare "temporary" martial law (i.e. military dictatorship enabled by recent legislation permitting the use of military troups against American citizens) and, shazzam!, you got "Mayberry, RFID"
 
JGeropoulas said:
Here's similarly disturbing news from Popular Science's recent article about the future trends in the workplace:
Swingline, the stapler manufacturer, has come up with RFID tagged staples for tracking every document leaving an office.
Is that possible? Great, now I got to get rid of the staples.
 
Just Though of a great Business Idea :) =) A Mobile commercial shoe microwaver. You buy your shoe's give us a call and we come to your house and give them a 5 secound blast to disable the RFID's

Any idea's for a name for the new venture?
 
rolyateel said:
Just Though of a great Business Idea :) =) A Mobile commercial shoe microwaver. You buy your shoe's give us a call and we come to your house and give them a 5 secound blast to disable the RFID's

Any idea's for a name for the new venture?
Nuke A Tracker On Wheels.
 
Since it is in Europe, how about:

Radio Free Europe

(a political pun on the cold war propaganda media run by the US State Department).
 
There are white unmarked military jets crisscrossing the sky every day, all day long spraying chemical aerosols and a complete media blackout of this subject, even signs of the times do’s not cover this issue. It’s as if this is not happening. Lets face it these chemicals are causing global warming, droughts are every where, they are obviously trying to destroying the farmers and food production and then grow genetically modified food so that they have a monopoly on food production, but this will destroy nature completely, the bees are moving from their hives because they are being poisoned by GM food. I have phoned and emailed politicians, M.O.D, media, met office etc, and gotten nowhere, but just a few of us will not stop this, everybody must be involved and so I urge all of you to get phoning and emailing now, before it is to late , this is the most serious problem we face, please wake up and do something , anything. Look at the sky. Most people in the street cannot even see these chemicals in the atmosphere because it is not in their reality, even though lines are all over the sky. It is up to the ones that are awake to stop this madness or face the consequences. In Britain you can see these chemicals sucking the moister out of the air. These evil creatures can cause drought or flooding by changing the mix of the chemicals used, this is the most important issue that exists and signs of the times should be joining in the battle. If we do not stop this, we will all soon be thirsty and starving, it’s as simple as that. This is really serious stuff, so please take it really seriously.
 
Arthur Guy said:
There are white unmarked military jets crisscrossing the sky every day, all day long spraying chemical aerosols and a complete media blackout of this subject, even signs of the times do’s not cover this issue. It’s as if this is not happening. Lets face it these chemicals are causing global warming, droughts are every where, they are obviously trying to destroying the farmers and food...
Here's something to think about. Perhaps this is what the Powers That Be want you to think? Everything seems to get blamed on these "chemtrails" and everyone seems to be an expert. Perhaps there is something very bizzare going on up there in the atmosphere; some kind of change that they don't want you to know about that is causing this "chemtrail effect" when the jets fly above in certain conditions? Also, perhaps, they very occasionaly spray real crap into the atmosphere. Perhaps a wee bit here and perhaps a wee bit over there, and so on and so forth to make people sick so that they will think that everytime we see "lines in the sky" it means we are being "chemtrailed" and then they make big websites about it with lots of theories. Then, perhaps, cointelpro operatives also create chemtrail websites to join in the fun and everybody makes a big issue about it? Then they go in circles and talk endlessly about it so the most important issues are covered up.

You might be interested in reading this thread where the issue has been discussed:
http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=4764&p=8
 
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