Tag: radio frequency identification
British scientist becomes first human to become infected with a computer virus
Dr Mark Gasson, a cybernetics scientist at the University of Reading, has become the world's first human to become infected with a computer virus. Gasson has an RFID (radio-frequency identification) chip implanted into his wrist, and deliberately infected it with…
UK is number 2 for RFID usage
A new study shows that the UK is second, behind the US, for take-up of RFID technology. RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is fairly prolific in the UK thanks to London's use of Oyster Cards (7.2 million users), as well as…
