Refusing to be tracked during U.N. World Summit on the Information Society, the founder of Free Software Foundation (FSF), Richard Stallman, was held by U.N. security, according to Bruce Perens, vice president of developer relations and policy for SourceLabs.

Stallman's action to wrap his identification badge with alumunium foil was simple, yet effective, to avoid tracking by U.N. security during the summit. This incidence has attracted attention of many due to the public concern related to the privacy issues posed by some applications of the technology.

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The Korean National Maritime Police Agency plans to tag vessels passing through Busan to beef up the security of the upcoming APEC Summit.

It is expected that real-time monitoring of vessels within around 16-kilometre (10-mile) radius would be possible.

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The project Cows for One Million Families, the Thai government cow loan scheme for farmers, is expected to involve the application of RFID technology.

The technology is expected to ensure the efficiency of the loan scheme through cow tracking and better database maintenance.

Starting early next month, the loan scheme is due to be implemented until 2008.

Source: Bangkok Post

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Cow business is special in India, because cow is considered sacred among Hindus. It does not matter whether it is a stray cow or a cow owned by someone, a cow is protected by the law of India.

The growing problem of stray cows has given the New Delhi's authorities an idea to implement RFID technology, considered an appropriate technology for animal control, to identify stray cows.

By inserting $12 worth of RFID tags into the stray cows in the streets and providing a reward of $46 to anyone bringing the stray cows to the authorities, the authorities can later demand $233 from the owner of the stray cows.

News contributor: Arpan Talwar
Article contributor: Adi Tedjasaputra

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