Innovative automatic identification and location-based services from bar codes to chip implants
Title:
Innovative automatic identification and location-based services from bar codes to chip implants
Author:
Michael, Katina, 1976-
ISBN:
9781599047973
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Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xxiv, 518 p. : ill. (some col.)) : digital files.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Innovation studies -- 3. Historical background : from manual identification to auto-ID -- 4. Globalization and the changing face of IDentification -- 5. Barcode : the pioneer auto-ID technology -- 6. Magnetic-stripe cards : the consolidating force -- 7. Smart cards : the next generation -- 8. Biometrics : in search of a foolproof solution -- 9. RFID tags and transponders : the new kid on the block -- 10. The auto-ID technology system -- 11. Geographic information systems & location-based services -- 12. The auto-ID trajectory -- 13. The socio-ethical implications of automatic identification and location services -- 14. The rise of the electrophorus -- 15. Uberveillance -- 16. Conclusion.
Abstract:
"This book emphasizes the convergence and trajectory of automatic identification and location-based services toward chip implants and real-time positioning capabilities"--Provided by publisher.
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Electronic Access:
Chapter PDFs via platform: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-59904-795-9