Digital ID: You shop, they snoop?
News Sun Microsystems has joined a program called Auto-ID to build wireless digital identification tags into everything from razor blades to soup cans, chief executive Scott McNealy said on Thursday. The goal of the Auto-ID program is to keep store...
[February 11, 2002, 9:36]
Next-gen bar code could tag 'every grain of rice'
News Put tags on every can of Coke and every car axle, and suddenly the world changes," boasts the Web site of the Auto-ID Center, the research group at MIT leading the charge on the project. AutoID, announced in May, plans to pick up where MIT's Auto...
[August 29, 2003, 16:40]
Build your own Palm robot
News There are three critical components to add to the portable device that make it really auto-mobile: infrared sensors, which act as the robot's eyes; "smart" motors, called "servos", which are capable of taking electronic commands; and, of course...
[October 10, 2000, 14:16]
