Innovative Automatic Identification and Location-Based Services: From Bar Codes to Chip Implants (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781599047959)

Automatic identification has evolved to use techniques that can identify an object or subject without direct human intervention. Such devices include the bar code, magnetic-stripe, integrated circuit, and biometric and radio-frequency identification. Innovative Automatic Identification & Location-Based Services: From Bar Codes to Chip Implants emphasizes the convergence and trajectory of automatic identification and location-based services toward chip implants and real-time positioning capabilities. Recording the history of automatic identification, this book also discusses the social, cultural, and ethical implications of the technological possibilities with respect to national security initiatives.

Author: Katina Michael, M. G. Michael
ISBN-10: 1599047950
ISBN-13: 9781599047959
Publisher: Information Science Reference
Language: English
Published: 03/31/2009
Pages: 546
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.85lbs
Size: 11.20h x 8.70w x 1.50d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 113