Automatic identification has evolved to use mechanisms that can identify an object 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.
- ISBN13 9781599047973
- Publish Date 31 March 2009 (first published 1 January 2009)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Information Science Reference
- Format eBook
- Pages 544
- Language English
- URL http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-59904-795-9&buylink=true