Comments on: RFID and the future of social networking http://futurismic.com/2008/04/06/rfid-and-the-future-of-social-networking/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Martin Giura - RFID Forum http://futurismic.com/2008/04/06/rfid-and-the-future-of-social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-14219 Martin Giura - RFID Forum Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:22:49 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3147#comment-14219 I think RFID Technology is excellent for improving and developing new ways of doing everyday things. This means it has applications in a myriad of aspects of life; Business, Healthcare, Entertainment, and many other sectors. Privacy issues are a main concern. RFID evolution will mainly depend on the regulations that countries all over the world impose. This means that every country should implement different regulations. The problem is that there are vested interests between what country government and companies want and what consumers want. For sure regulations are a must and external organizations are key players to find a win/win solution. In relation to RFID and the future of social networking I found the following extract: "The DeaiExplorer RFID application helps colocated conference participants discover interpersonal connections by letting them mutually reveal their social networks on a large display device. The system responds to nearby participants and uses algorithms to dynamically derive interconnected social clusters from a publication database. The system was deployed at a recent international conference, providing quantitative and qualitative data. Analysis of this data reveals interesting implications for designing such RFID-based systems, highlighting new opportunities and key design challenges. This article is part of a special issue on Real-World Deployments." at: http://csdl2.computer.org/persagen/DLAbsToc.jsp?resourcePath=/dl/mags/pc/&toc=comp/mags/pc/2006/03/b3toc.xml&DOI=10.1109/MPRV.2006.60 Its an analysis that you have to pay if you want to read it, I have nothing to do with the organization that sells it, I simply found it was a very interesting project related to RFID and the future of social networking. I also read more about this experiment known as the RFID Ecosystem; as every single object had an RFID tag this means that The Ecosystem can alert users when they have left something behind. E.G. You forget your skateboard in your office and Ecosystem alerts you before you leave the building! I agree with you Jeremy about the privacy issues it brings but there is a very positive side if privacy issues have a way to be managed. I think RFID Technology is excellent for improving and developing new ways of doing everyday things. This means it has applications in a myriad of aspects of life; Business, Healthcare, Entertainment, and many other sectors. Privacy issues are a main concern. RFID evolution will mainly depend on the regulations that countries all over the world impose. This means that every country should implement different regulations. The problem is that there are vested interests between what country government and companies want and what consumers want. For sure regulations are a must and external organizations are key players to find a win/win solution.

In relation to RFID and the future of social networking I found the following extract:

“The DeaiExplorer RFID application helps colocated conference participants discover interpersonal connections by letting them mutually reveal their social networks on a large display device. The system responds to nearby participants and uses algorithms to dynamically derive interconnected social clusters from a publication database. The system was deployed at a recent international conference, providing quantitative and qualitative data. Analysis of this data reveals interesting implications for designing such RFID-based systems, highlighting new opportunities and key design challenges. This article is part of a special issue on Real-World Deployments.” at:

http://csdl2.computer.org/persagen/DLAbsToc.jsp?resourcePath=/dl/mags/pc/&toc=comp/mags/pc/2006/03/b3toc.xml&DOI=10.1109/MPRV.2006.60

Its an analysis that you have to pay if you want to read it, I have nothing to do with the organization that sells it, I simply found it was a very interesting project related to RFID and the future of social networking.

I also read more about this experiment known as the RFID Ecosystem; as every single object had an RFID tag this means that The Ecosystem can alert users when they have left something behind. E.G. You forget your skateboard in your office and Ecosystem alerts you before you leave the building!

I agree with you Jeremy about the privacy issues it brings but there is a very positive side if privacy issues have a way to be managed.

]]> By: Jeremy http://futurismic.com/2008/04/06/rfid-and-the-future-of-social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-13827 Jeremy Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:43:15 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3147#comment-13827 RFID seems a case where we won't have explicit tracking by the authorities, but anyone will be able to track you based on some random bit of detritus you forgot about - a pack of gum, book, cell phone, etc. All the more sinister, I s'pose. Anyone who's not wanted to tell their spouse their out drinking with whoever(guys or gals) is probably now quaking in their boots. RFID seems a case where we won’t have explicit tracking by the authorities, but anyone will be able to track you based on some random bit of detritus you forgot about – a pack of gum, book, cell phone, etc. All the more sinister, I s’pose.

Anyone who’s not wanted to tell their spouse their out drinking with whoever(guys or gals) is probably now quaking in their boots.

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